{"id":21532,"date":"2020-01-11T10:40:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T17:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/?post_type=film&p=21532"},"modified":"2020-01-11T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T20:27:57","slug":"laugh-or-die","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/film\/laugh-or-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Laugh Or Die"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Laugh Or Die is a film about a zest of life and the power of laughter, tinged with dark humour. Prisoners already once sentenced to death prepare a play to entertain their guards and the commander of German troops visiting the prison island. If the audience is amused, they won\u2019t be shot. The theatre group is led by Toivo Parikka, once called the funniest man in Finland.<\/p>\n

Laugh Or Die uses grotesque situations, showing mankind in a comical light. Everything is relative on the prison island isolated from the rest of the world, things previously self-evident become ridiculous. In the midst of distress, humanity and warmth force their way to surface as the prisoners work together for a common goal. Small humane acts gain vast significance, and humour wells up from the same source as the greatest pain: the fear of death and injustice.<\/p>\n

Towards the end of World War One Finland made a choice between a German King and the Republican constitution. Independent Finland was born. Finns, just like the prisoners and the guards in the film, discovered unity through culture despite differences of opinion.<\/p>\n

Heikki Kujanp\u00e4\u00e4 has a long and vast experience in film- and theater-industry. He is a director, a writer, an actor, and a founder of Q-theater (together with Antti Raivio), a theater manager, and a film maker rewarded for his many projects.<\/p>\n

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Director Biography – Heikki Kujanp\u00e4\u00e4
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Selected Filmography
\n2013 Pocket-parking, Short film, Inland Film Company
\n2011-2012 Kotikatu, TV series, director, YLE
\n2010 The Beginning of the End, Two-part TV film, Making Movies Oy
\n2009 Joulukuusivarkaat, TV film, Tuotantoyhti\u00f6 S\u00e4ihky
\n2008 Falling Angels, Feature film, Blind Spot Pictures
\n2000 Little Pilgrimage, Short film, Dada-Filmi Oy<\/p>\n

Awards
\n2014 State Prize for Cinema, Pocket-parking
\n2009 Nordic Glory, Honorary mention, best script, Falling Angels
\n2000 The Golden Venla Award for Best Film, Little Pilgrimage
\n2000 Honorary mention, Orlenok International Children\u2019s Film Festival, The Icebreaker
\n2000 Grand Prix, Laon International Film Festival, Little Pilgrimage
\n2000 State Prize for Cinema, Little Pilgrimage
\n2000 National Competition Winner, Tampere Film Festival, Little Pilgrimage
\n1998 State Prize for Cinema, The Icebreaker<\/p>\n

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