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Dog Nail Clipper

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Original title

Koirankynnen leikkaaja

Year

2004

Running time

105 min.

Country

Finland

Director

Markku Pölönen

Screenwriter

Markku Pölönen. Novel: Veikko Huovinen

Cast

Music

Vesa Mäkinen

Cinematography

Kari Sohlberg

Producer

Fennada-Filmi

Genre

Drama | Dogs/Wolves. 1940s. II World War

Synopsis

Mertsi, an idealist, who even went to war as a volunteer and returned crippled. His overwhelming idealism transforms itself into a small act- that of clipping a dog's nails- and becomes an obsession, and in the end- fails.

Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...

Awards: 2005: Jussi Awards (Finland): 5 awards, including Best Film. 6 nominations

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Dog Nail Clipper

2004

Markku Pölönen