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.