Perttu Leppä (born 8 February 1964 in

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Career

Making film since 1992 he has written and directed films such as '' Helmiä ja sikoja'' (''Pearls and Pigs'') in

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working with actors such as Mikko Leppilampi and

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Filmography

Feature films

* ''

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'' (''Pitkä kuuma kesä'', 1999) * ''

Pearls and Pigs ''Helmiä ja sikoja'' () is a 2003 Finnish comedy film directed and written by Perttu Leppä, and starring Mikko Leppilampi and Laura Birn. Plot When the Hirvonen brother's (Läde, Timo, Ruho and Poju) bootlegging father ends up in jail, his s ...

'' (''Helmiä ja sikoja'', 2003) * '' 8 Days to Premiere'' (''8 päivää ensi-iltaan'', 2008)

Short films

* ''For Ever and Ever'' (''Aina ja aina'', 1986) * ''The Ostrich'' (''Strutsi'', 1987) * ''One-One'' (''Yksi-yksi'', 1989) * ''Karavaani'' (1994) * ''Tyttöjä ja jäätelöä'' (1995) * ''Angora'' (1996)

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