The Grump

FinnishMielensäpahoittaja

Directed byDome Karukoski

Written by

• Dome Karukoski
• Tuomas Kyrö

Based onMielensäpahoittaja
by Tuomas Kyrö

The Grump
Film poster
Finnish	Mielensäpahoittaja
Directed by	Dome Karukoski
Written by	Dome Karukoski Tuomas Kyrö
Based on	Mielensäpahoittaja by Tuomas Kyrö
Produced by	Jukka Helle Markus Selin
Starring	Antti Litja Petra Frey [fi] Mari Perankoski [fi] Iikka Forss [fi]
Cinematography	Pini Hellstedt
Edited by	Harri Ylönen
Music by	Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Production company	Solar Films
Release dates	31 August 2014 (2014-08-31) (TIFF)[1] 5 September 2014 (2014-09-05) (Finland)
Running time	104 minutes[2]
Country	Finland
Languages	Finnish Russian English

The Grump (Finnish: Mielensäpahoittaja) is a 2014 Finnish comedy film directed by Dome Karukoski, in which the main character is The Grump, a cranky old man, created by the Finnish author Tuomas Kyrö.

The Grump was selected to compete for the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.^[3] It is based on a 2014 novel by Kyrö, the third volume by the author, in which this character appears.

The film stars Antti Litja as Mielensäpahoittaja a.k.a. the Grump, Petra Frey [fi], Mari Perankoski [fi], and Iikka Forss [fi].