Lyrics and Lace

Lyrics and Lace (1992) blends Drama and Comedy elements. Top cast includes Paavo Pentikäinen, Mikko Reitala, and Kristiina Elstelä. The plot follows a central conflict that grows in scope as the film progresses.

Actor: Paavo Pentikäinen • Genre: Drama movies

Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people. It's not just a romantic legend. In wry but basically directionless Finnish movie, Paavo Pentikainen plays one of these ungainly beings, a man whose last published work is decades in the past, who probably hasn't written anything in years, but who still has an uncanny knack for precise observation, "pinning the tail on the donkey" almost every time. In the movie, the poet, accompanied by his young assistant, takes a minor celebrity's swaggering tour of small cultural centers and retirement homes.