Kummeli's farce about blackmail, home kidney transplants, and chaos. Surgeon Lauri Mustonen and entomologist Pauli Bergström live in a prestigious apartment owned by elderly Mrs. Lydia Molotova, who hasn't raised their rent in years. Now she's given the flat to her nephew, Sergeant John Molotov, who hikes the rent and moves his great-aunt in with the gentlemen.
The Subtenant
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The Subtenant is Kummeli's take on blackmail, home kidney transplants, emancipation, and utter chaos, using traditional farce as its cinematic device. Kidney transplant surgeon Lauri Mustonen and university entomologist Pauli Bergström live in a prestigious property in the city's most expensive neighborhood. The apartment has been owned for years by the elderly Mrs. Lydia Molotova, who hasn't raised the rent in ages. Now, however, she has given the apartment as an advance inheritance to her nephew, Sergeant John Molotov, who promptly decides to raise the rent sky-high and move his great-aunt Lydia Molotova into the gentlemen's apartment.
- Duration:
- 1h 39m
- Release Date:
- 2008
- Genre:
- Comedy
- Rating:
- Director:
- Matti Grönberg
- Starring:
- Mikko Kivinen
- Heikki Silvennoinen
- Timo Kahilainen
- Heikki Hela
- Tuija Ernamo
- Mari Turunen
