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Beauty and the Bastard is a film of genre Drama directed by Thomas "Dome" Karukoski with Pamela Tola
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
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Add to a movie listBeauty and the Bastard is a 2005 Finnish musical romantic drama film directed by Dome Karukoski and written by Pekko Pesonen. Its original Finnish title is Tyttö sinä olet tähti, which means "Girl you are a star". It stars Pamela Tola and Samuli Vauramo. Eero Milonoff, Joonas Saartamo, Mikko Leppilampi and Mikko Kouki play supporting roles. It is the feature-film debut of director Dome Karukoski, who had previous experience from commercials and short films. The music was composed by Jukka Immonen's Friend Music.
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The Finnish musical drama "Beauty and the Bastard," is about opposites attracting between a naive well-off young female singer Nelli, (Pamela Tola) and Sune (Samuli Vauramo), a promising but uncompromising rap DJ in the offices of a major record company.Actors
Pamela Tola
(Nelli)
Samuli Vauramo
(Sune)
Elena Leeve
(Mari)
Mikko Kouki
(Anssi)
Mikko Leppilampi
(D.T.)
Thomas "Dome" Karukoski
(Rowdy Hip-Hopper)
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