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Putting Lipstick on a Pig

2018
1h 16m

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7.6/10

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A middle aged woman is an accountant and becomes addicted to gambling. She steals over 800 000 Euros from her customers and loses everything to the local gambling company on the small island where she lives.

She tries to commit suicide but ends up in jail, her customers feel betrayed and the local government and the gambling company is accused of money laundry and refuses to pay back the money.

This story tears up a wound in the small society of Åland and also gives and insight into how the dirty gambling industry works.

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Paivi is in her 50's and lives on Aland, an island in Finland with 30 000 people. We have our own government which can decide some things independently of the Finnish government: taxes, hunt... Read allPaivi is in her 50's and lives on Aland, an island in Finland with 30 000 people. We have our own government which can decide some things independently of the Finnish government: taxes, hunting, gambling etc. Paivi is a single mother and when her boys move out she is alone. She l... Read allPaivi is in her 50's and lives on Aland, an island in Finland with 30 000 people. We have our own government which can decide some things independently of the Finnish government: taxes, hunting, gambling etc. Paivi is a single mother and when her boys move out she is alone. She looks for company online and finds gambling. She gets addicted. She is an accountant and ha... Read all