The press gets excited about a girl from a fish factory who accidentally wins the Girl of the Week beauty contest and writes an imaginative story about her as a millionaire heiress. Soon, the factory manager's son and socialites who want a share of her publicity are competing for her attention.
Acting
Lea Joutseno's radiant comic timing anchors the chaos.
Direction
Vaala's crisp staging keeps multiple suitors in comic tension.
Director
Valentin Vaala
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of Finland's most prolific director-star pairings: Vaala and Joutseno made 12 films together.
Satirizes 1940s tabloid culture's obsession with manufactured celebrities—weirdly prescient for 1946.
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