Synopsis
Taina and Pirkko, two sisters known for being the best sahti brewers in town, are asked to make 100 litres for their other sister Päivi's wedding. However, Taina and Pirkko live with alcoholism, in part due to the guilt they feel from a car crash that injured Päivi many years earlier. After working to brew the ale, they then drink all of it shortly before the wedding, and – while suffering the resulting hangover – try to find ways to get another 100 litres in time. [3]
Production
The film is set in director Teemu Nikki's small hometown of Sysmä, with Nikki saying that despite having moved away decades earlier, he was always telling people "wild stories" about the town. [5] His family, too, made sahti, of which he said they "are very proud". [3] He dislikes the "country film" style made in Finland about places like Sysmä, and decided to put his own spin on it in writing 100 Litres of Gold, likening the resulting story to a Western; Nikki and producer Jani Pösö ( fi ) also thought that despite its differences with their own usual style of film, it was still both dark and funny. [5] Nikki said that much of the humour is in things that are realistic, with inherently funny dialogue said with conviction, and that handling dark subjects with comedy shows "that humankind still has some kind of hope." [3]
Nikki originally envisaged his story with male main characters, but saw a play starring Elina Knihtilä and Pirjo Lonka ( fi ) and knew he had to cast them, saying: "You don't fuck with these ladies. They demand respect and they are tough, although they carry this darkness with them." [5] Nikki sought out the actresses because he knew he could trust them to "deliver this kind of role, because it's not that easy [...] to be very gross and funny but also lovable and realistic." Often writing specific roles for certain actors, Nikki did so again, getting Knihtilä and Lonka on board ahead of production. After they joined, he spent a year and a half writing the film, working collaboratively with them after each draft. [3]
As they worked with Italian company I Wonder, the production was able to bring on board Marco Biscarini, who studied under Ennio Morricone, as composer. [5]
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