''The Grump'' ( fi, Mielensäpahoittaja) is a 2014 Finnish

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directed by

Dome Karukoski Thomas "Dome" August George Karukoski (; born 29 December 1976) is a Finnish film director. He is considered to be one of Finland's most successful film directors, having won over 30 festival awards and having directed six feature films that beca ...

, in which the main character is

The Grump ''The Grump'' ( fi, Mielensäpahoittaja) is a 2014 Finnish comedy film directed by Dome Karukoski, in which the main character is The Grump, a cranky old man, created by the Finnish author Tuomas Kyrö. ''The Grump'' was selected to compete for ...

, a cranky old man, created by the Finnish author

Tuomas Kyrö Tuomas Kyrö (born June 4, 1974, in Helsinki) is a Finnish author and cartoonist. He has written novels, columns, causeries and plays and drawn comics and cartoons. Kyrö has received a prize from the Kalevi Jäntti Foundation in 2005 and the ...

. ''The Grump'' was selected to compete for the Contemporary World Cinema section at the

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. It is based on a 2014 novel by Kyrö, the third volume by the author, in which this character appears. The film stars

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Mielensäpahoittaja The Grump ( fi, Mielensäpahoittaja ‘a person who always gets upset’) is a fictional character created by the Finnish author Tuomas Kyrö for a causerie series. Personality and whereabouts The Grump is a man who writes letters-to-the-editor fo ...

a.k.a. the Grump,

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, Mari Perankoski, and Iikka Forss. The film tells the story about a stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer — whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric — raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and successful daughter-in-law.

Cast

the Grump ''The Grump'' ( fi, Mielensäpahoittaja) is a 2014 Finnish comedy film directed by Dome Karukoski, in which the main character is The Grump, a cranky old man, created by the Finnish author Tuomas Kyrö. ''The Grump'' was selected to compete for ...

(a.k.a.

) *

as his missus * Mari Perankoski as the daughter-in-law * Iikka Forss as the Grump's son * Viktor Drevitski as Sergei * Kari Ketonen as Sakke Intonen * Mikko Neuvonen as Stinde * Bruno Puolakainen as Tarasenko * Janne Reinikainen as Dr. Kiminkinen * Alina Tomnikov as Ldujmila

Reception

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website

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, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 7 reviews.

References

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* * * 2014 films 2010s Finnish-language films Films directed by Dome Karukoski Films set in Helsinki Films based on Finnish novels 2014 comedy films Finnish comedy films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub