DOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS
synopsis
Juha has lost his wife in a drowning accident. Years after he still feels numb and unable to connect with people. Meeting Mona, a dominatrix, changes everything. Dogs Don’t Wear Pants is a darkly humorous story of loss, love and the sweet pain of being.
| international title: | Dogs Don’t Wear Pants |
| original title: | Koirat eivät käytä housuja |
| working title: | Mona |
| country: | Finland, Latvia |
| sales agent: | The Yellow Affair |
| year: | 2019 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | J-P Valkeapää |
| film run: | 105' |
| screenplay: | J-P Valkeapää |
| cast: | Krista Kosonen, Pekka Strang, Jani Volanen, Oona Airola, Tomi Salmela, Eeva Soivio, Samuel Shipway, Ilona Huhta, Iiris Anttila, Helmi Lahti |
| cinematography by: | Pietari Peltola |
| film editing: | Mervi Junkkonen |
| art director: | Kaisa Mäkinen |
| costumes designer: | Sari Suominen |
| producer: | Aleksi Bardy, Helen Vinogradov |
| co-producer: | Aija Berzina, Alise Ģelze |
| line producer: | Madara Kalnina |
| production: | Helsinki Filmi Oy, Tasse Film |
| backing: | Finnish Film Foundation (FI) |
| distributor: | SF Studios Finland Oy |