Lyrics and Lace

Lyrics and Lace (1992)

DramaComedy

Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people. It's not just a romantic legend. In wry but basically directionless Finnish movie, Paavo Pentikainen plays one of these ungainly beings, a man whose last published work is decades in the past, who probably hasn't written anything in years, but who still has an uncanny knack for precise observation, "pinning the tail on the donkey" almost every time. In the movie, the poet, accompanied by his young assistant, takes a minor celebrity's swaggering tour of small cultural centers and retirement homes.

Director: Matti Ijäs

Casts

	Paavo Pentikäinen as Tauno Lintunen
	Mikko Reitala as Tomi Rusko
	Kristiina Elstelä as Eveliina
	Irma Junnilainen as Vackra-Anneli
	Liisa Mustonen as Virve
	Marja Packalén as Kaarina
	Aake Kalliala as Antton - Eveliina's Brother
	Pirkka-Pekka Petelius as Näremäki
	Martti Kaukanen as Eveliina's Brother
	Esko Hukkanen as Romponen
	Risto Tuorila as Editorial Chief Kuronen
	Mirja Pyykkö as Interviewer
	Elvi Saarnio as Old Lady
	Tauno Lehtihalmes as Old Lady's Husband
	Martti Kainulainen as Mugger
	Paavo Rehula as Mugger
	Satu Silvo as Vamp
	Veikko Tiitinen as Man in Maestro's House
	Risto Salmi as Salvationist
	Sari Havas as Secretary in the Recording Studio
	Pekka Huotari as Hotel Clerk
	Turo Pajala as Hotel Clerk

Crew