Pearls and Pigs
Aug 29 2003
•2h 54m
•Comedy
When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner.
Cast
See allMikko Leppilampi
Läde
Laura Birn
Laura
Amanda Pilke
Saara
Unto Helo
Timo
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