Let’s Not Ruin the Party by Talking About Death
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In a Chekovian setting, old friends – four women and three men – gather at a modest villa by the sea, near a cemetery and medieval ruins, to have a perfect day of drinking, eating and going to the sauna. All have something on their mind, and they do their damnest not to open up about it.
DIRECTOR: Pia Andell
SCRIPTWRITER: Pia Andell
PRODUCER: Pia Andell
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Of Course My Films
Director
Pia Andell
Pia Andell (b. 1964) directed her first film in 1994 and has written and directed over 20 films over the years. Her selected filmography includes documentary films Pere Lachaise – Necropolis (1996), A Small Film on Sibling Relations (2001), Y in Vyborg (2006), Göring’s Baton (2010) , Patron (2013) and fiction films Records and Photographs (2015), A Halt ( 2017), The Match (2018) and Amidst (2024). In Andell’s films the light and the heavy walk side by side – there is always humor and as well as a raison d’être. Andell founded her production company Of Course My Films in 2005. Andell has worked as a producer at Yle, as a film commissioner at the Finnish Film Foundation and AVEK, as a mentor at international workshops, and as a teacher at Aalto University.
Contact
Otto Suuronen
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