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God's Teeth

One winter in the 1930’s somewhere in northern Finland, a first communion ceremony is interrupted by the arrival of mobile dental surgery. All the children in the village must have their teeth replaced with sets of dentures as a communion gift to prevent future problems. The fate of Juha’s teeth seems to be sealed, unless a higher power decides to intervene…

  • Finland
  • 2006, 20 min
  • Director: Pentti Kasurinen
  • Director of photography: Kimmo Jaatinen
  • Editor: Annukka Lilja
  • Screenplay: Pentti Kasurinen, John Lundsten
  • Music: Panu Aaltio
  • Cast: Kari Heiskanen, Aleksi Rantanen, Jan Nyquist
  • Contacts: The Finnish Film Foundation
  • Producer: Aleksi Hyvärinen
  • Production: Snapper Films Oy


Pentti Kasurinen

Pentti Kasurinen (b. 1956) has directed many popular Finnish television series, and has been involved in several TV-dramas, documentaries and short films.