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Writer:
Aleksi Salmenperä (written by)
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Release Date:
23 February 2007 (Finland) See more »
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Awards:
6 wins & 11 nominations See more »
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Midnight Sun Cowboy See more (5 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)
Tommi Korpela ... Juha

Maria Heiskanen ... Katja
Jani Volanen ... Olli
Stan Saanila ... Jamppa
Konsta Pylkkönen ... Akseli
Noora Dadu ... Nuori nainen 1
Joanna Haartti ... Nuori nainen 2

Kaarina Hazard ... Asiakas / lääkäri 1
Vilma Juutilainen ... Oona
Helmi Kaartinen ... Ida
Arttu Kapulainen ... Nuori taksikuski
Leea Klemola ... Katrin assistentti
Jukka Kärkkäinen ... Mikael
Sue Lemström ... Leena
Pirjo Lonka ... Anna
Lari Maliranta ... Okko

Minttu Mustakallio ... Polttarisankari
Maiju Nissinen ... Jonsku
Sara Paavolainen ... Ritva
Eero Saarinen ... Lääkäri 2

Eeva Semerdijev ... Nuori nainen 3
Minna Suuronen ... Kirsti
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala ... Matkatoimiston virkailija
Inka Timgren ... Katri
Tiina Weckström ... Merja
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Directed by
Aleksi Salmenperä 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Aleksi Salmenperä  written by

Produced by
Petri Jokiranta .... producer
Tero Kaukomaa .... producer
 
Original Music by
Ville Tanttu  (as Ville A. Tanttu)
 
Cinematography by
Tuomo Hutri 
 
Film Editing by
Samu Heikkilä 
 
Art Direction by
Markku Pätilä 
 
Costume Design by
Ella Brigatti 
 
Makeup Department
Juhana Hellamaa .... hair dye
Juhana Hellamaa .... haircutter
Hannele Herttua .... hair stylist
Hannele Herttua .... makeup designer
Laura Rantaniemi .... assistant makeup artist
 
Production Management
Katriina Tuliainen .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tarja Jakunaho .... assistant director
Elina Pohjola .... second assistant director (as Elina Lindroos)
 
Art Department
Timo Hyppönen .... graphic artist
Mika Ihanus .... swing gang
Leena Kuvaja .... painter
Mikko Murtomaa .... assistant set designer
Jenny Nissinen .... painter
Jani Pensola .... swing gang
Sameli Pihlaja .... assistant property master
Markku Pätilä .... set designer
Annika Salonen .... set dresser
Jyri Savolainen .... assistant set designer
Sami Silvennoinen .... set building
Jani Sinisalo .... swing gang
Simo Sulva .... construction coordinator
Lauri Vänskä .... property master
 
Sound Department
Pekka Karjalainen .... sound mixer
Tuomas Klaavo .... sound designer
Tuomas Klaavo .... sound recordist
Mikko Mäkelä .... sound designer
Mikko Mäkelä .... sound recordist
Miia Nevalainen .... foley artist
Panu Riikonen .... foley artist
Pertti Venetjoki .... boomman assistant
 
Visual Effects by
Anna Konttinen .... post-production producer
Ville-Matti Vasama .... visual effects
Martti Ylöstalo .... post-production producer
Antti Peltoranta .... visual effects (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Jouni Kivimäki .... stunts
Reijo Kontio .... stunt coordinator
Vesa Laakso .... stunts
Enar Tarmo .... stunts
H.-P. Virkki .... stunts (as Harri-Pekka Virkki)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Marja-Leena Hukkanen .... still photographer (as Malla Hukkanen)
Torsti Hyvönen .... best boy
Jani Häkli .... loader
Aki Karppinen .... gaffer
Vladimir Krestjanoff .... lighting technician
Tommi Lind .... lighting technician
Antti Ruusuvuori .... first assistant camera
Kristiina Salmén .... video assistant
Karri Takala .... grip
Antti Takkunen .... lighting technician
Tiina Tolonen .... grip assistant
Timo Ylifrantti .... lighting technician
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Johanna Arhipoff .... costume aging
Maija Arminen .... costumer trainee
Anna Savolainen .... costumer trainee
Tiina Tuomala .... assistant costume designer
 
Editorial Department
Pentti Keskimäki .... colorist
Tuija Kotamäki .... negative cutter
Kari Manns .... colorist
Tomi Nieminen .... on-line editor
Antti Peltoranta .... on-line editor
Anita Rautalin .... negative cutter
Suvi Valkonen .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Jukka Puurula .... music mixer
Jukka Puurula .... music recordist
Ville Tanttu .... music mixer (as Ville A. Tanttu)
Ville Tanttu .... music recordist (as Ville A. Tanttu)
 
Transportation Department
Risto Hämäri .... driver: location bus
Jouni Kortesato .... driver: trailer
Martti Lehelä .... production vehicles provider
Harri Nieminen .... driver: location bus
 
Other crew
Susan Heiskanen .... translator
Marja-Leena Hukkanen .... script supervisor (as Malla Hukkanen)
Juha Hämynen .... insurance
Olga Koiverianine .... office secretary
Mika Kongas .... film printing
Reijo Kontio .... security coordinator
Jyri Kukkonen .... legal services
Mikko Laine .... runner
Jonni Leporanta .... auditor
Veli-Matti Mäkolä .... production accountant (as Veli-Matti Mäkelä)
Pia Naarajärvi .... legal services
Timo Puolitaipale .... translator
Joakim Rehn .... auditor
Merja Ritola .... production secretary
Jyri Savolainen .... caterer
Aino Suni .... caterer
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"A Man's Work" - International (English title)
"Man's Job" - USA (new title)
"Douleia gia antres" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Ett mansjobb" - Sweden
"Férfimunka" - Hungary
"Mehe töö" - Estonia
"Un lavoro da uomo" - Italy
"Un travail d'homme" - France
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Runtime:
97 min
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Trivia:
Finland's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).See more »
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SatelliittejaSee more »

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13 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
Midnight Sun Cowboy, 24 January 2008
Author: johno-21 from United States

I recently saw this at the 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Director/Writer Aleksi Salmenperä, Producer Tero Kaukomaa and Actor Jani Volanen were on hand for a Q&A following the film. This film was Finland's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Award and is the second feature for Salmenperä. This is a small film but very good and features a great cast with plenty of interesting characters. Juha (Tommi Korpela) is a big, strong stone worker at a factory who has resorted to stealing company equipment to help make ends meet at home where he has three young children and a depression medicated wife Katja (Maria Heiskanen). After Juha loses his job he decides to try his luck as a handyman doing bulletin board solicited home repairs. With the help of his best friend Oli (Jani Volanen), his new job quickly evolves into that of a male prostitute for mature women with Oli serving as his secretary and chauffeur and another friend creating a website to offer his services on. Katja of course, must not find out about Juha losing his job and his new line of work so another friend covers for him at his old job should his wife call there and Juha leaves the house early every day to give the illusion of his typical job routine and changes into his old work clothes before he comes home. Since much of his work as a male call guy is at night he concocts a story that he is doing a home repair job after work for extra money that will take several months to complete. There are plenty of comic situations here but it is also a gritty drama and Salmenperä did a lot of research into the world of heterosexual male prostitutes to come up with his story which give a believability to the clientèle Juha encounters. Nicely photographed by cinematographer Tuomo Hutri, I would give this an 8.0 out of 10 and recommend it.

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