Tyttö sinä olet tähti

Beauty and the Bastard is a 2005 Finnish musical romantic drama film directed by Dome Karukoski and written by Pekko Pesonen. Its original Finnish title is Tyttö sinä olet tähti, which means "Girl you are a star". It stars Pamela Tola and Samuli Vauramo. Eero Milonoff, Joonas Saartamo, Mikko Leppilampi and Mikko Kouki play supporting roles. It is the feature-film debut of director Dome Karukoski, who had previous experience from commercials and short films. The music was composed by Jukka Immonen's Friend Music.

Plot
The Finnish musical drama "Beauty and the Bastard," is about opposites attracting between a naive well-off young female singer Nelli, (Pamela Tola) and Sune (Samuli Vauramo), a promising but uncompromising rap DJ in the offices of a major record company.

A woman dulled with praise, Nelli (Pamela Tola) is well on her way to medical school thanks to her parents, but she dreams of a career as a singer. She is desperate to find a demo to show off her talents.

Sune is a crude agent who is afraid of women. To show his friends otherwise, he makes a bet that he can get Nelli to sleep with him. His friends don’t believe a beauty like her would be even remotely interested in him. But meanwhile Nelli sees an opportunity to get herself a free demo.

Playing each other they end up falling in love. This causes troubles for both. The beauty has to learn how to not please everybody, and the drifter has to begin considering others in his life and his art. Nelli's father and her boyfriend are not wild about the idea.

Tyttö sinä olet tähti is a modern picture of Finnish youth at the brink of adulthood. It tells of love, dreams and principles - as well as how things often turns out differently from the way people expect.

Cast

 * Pamela Tola as Nelli
 * Samuli Vauramo as Sune
 * Joonas Saartamo as Kondis
 * Eero Milonoff as Isukki
 * Jussi Nikkilä as Mikko
 * Elena Leeve as Mari
 * Mikko Kouki as Anssi
 * Mikko Leppilampi as D.T.
 * Anna-Leena Härkönen as Hilkka
 * Eero Saarinen as Nelli's dad
 * Lotta Kaihua as Pilvi
 * Laura Malmberg as Isukki's girlfriend
 * Osla Räisänen as Isukki's child
 * David Sandqvist as Sune's younger brother
 * Jaana Järvinen as Choirmaster
 * Ari Mäkinen as Mikko's father
 * Marjo Federley as Mikko's mother
 * Timo Mann as Cleaner
 * Rainer Kaunisto as Record company's CEO
 * Kaisa Mattila as Drunken woman
 * Dome Karukoski as Rowdy hip-hopper
 * Minka Kuustonen as Groupie
 * Tarja Saikkonen as Teenager at suburban bar
 * Niklas Mikael Hyvärinen as Bouncer