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2026 · 16 min

A wry, uncomfortable little comedy that keeps you at arm's length while quietly stinging.

Directed by
Teemu Nikki
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Olli Rahkonen, Pirjo Lonka, Minea Köngäs
Overview
As a service provider, Heikki's mission is to deliver relationship experiences to his clients, with no strings attached. Because of the dysfunctional nature of his own life, he wants to make the experiences as realistic as he can - in other words, as unpleasant as possible.

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Directed by
Teemu Nikki
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Olli Rahkonen, Pirjo Lonka, Minea Köngäs
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Tone
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • loneliness
  • deception
  • work
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Teemu Nikki
Written by
Teemu Nikki
Starring
Olli Rahkonen, Pirjo Lonka, Minea Köngäs, Annika Aapalahti, Anna Victoria Eriksson, Tommi Eronen, Saana Koivisto, Anssi Niemi
Runtime
16 min
Country
Finland
Languages
Finnish

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