Producing Adults

Producing Adults (Children and Adults – How To Make Them?) is a 2004 Finnish comedy drama written by Pekko Pesonen and directed by Aleksi Salmenperä. It was Finland's official Academy Award submission for Best Foreign Language Film of 2004. Plot The film deals with the myriad complications arising from Venla's (Minna Haapkylä) desire to have a child. Her longtime boyfriend Antero (Kari-Pekka Toivonen) is reluctant, fearing that fatherhood will imperil his last chance to succeed in his speed skating career and by seeing his friend go through fatherhood. Antero does some extreme things to avoid getting Venla pregnant and she begins to be equally devious in her attempts to conceive. Venla seeks help from her bisexual co-worker at a fertility clinic and the relationship between the two begins to blossom amongst many setbacks. Cast Minna Haapkylä as Venla Kari-Pekka Toivonen as Antero Minttu Mustakallio as Satu Tommi Eronen as Rönkkö Pekka Strang as Miro Dick Idman as Claes Production Producing Adults was shot on one camera in 40 days, on a budget of $1,200,000 euros.