Description of the movie:


God's Teeth

Director: Pertti Kasurinen
Editor: Annukka Lilja
Duration: 20 minutes
Original Finnish title: Jumalan Hampaat.




God's Teeth takes place in 1930's Lapland, Finland. Juha's confirmation class is interrupted when a van arrives at the church yard. To Juha's horror, the van contains a dentist's office. All the youngsters in the village are about to get false teeth as a confirmation gift. Thus, their own teeth will have to be pulled out. Juha runs away after seeing his friends in pain, but he does not get far. Getting false teeth seems inevitable until higher powers intervene..

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