Sideline

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About the film

Sideline is strong and topical story about a female student that drifts to be a prostitute. It’s a 13 minute long short fiction movie, shot on 16mm film. The movie is a production of Tampere School of Art and Media, written and directed by Maria Kaurismäki. Sideline is the graduation work for Maria Kaurismäki, Emilia Howels, Jouko Piipponen, Jussi Lindgren, Johanna Harmaala.

Krista Kosonen plays a remarkable role as the leading actress in this film. The famous cast includes also Antti Reini, Henna Vänninen, Panu Mikkola and Lauri Tanskanen.

Synopsis

Heli, a business student, decides to post an escort ad on the Internet. Soon she meets her first client Risto, the CEO of a Russian oriented trade company. Risto is more than willing to rent Heli’s services for longer than just one night. Later, Heli takes her friends out for a fancy dinner without them knowing of her new secret career. Heli soon realizes that the money earned on the previous night is now playing a role in her present and future life.