Dog Nail Clipper

Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...

Grosses

Finland
$1,715,478
Domestic ()
Summary Details
DistributorBuena Vista International
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Release DateFeb 13, 2004
Running Time1 hr 45 min
GenresDrama
In Release323 days/46 weeks
Widest Release37 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Feb 13-192$297,687-37-$8,045$297,6871
Feb 20-262$276,574-7.1%37-$7,474$574,2612
Feb 27-Mar 42$207,239-25.1%37-$5,601$781,5003
Mar 5-112$153,511-25.9%36-1$4,264$935,0114
Mar 12-181$141,838-7.6%36-$3,939$1,076,8995
Mar 19-251$144,862+2.1%36-$4,023$1,221,7616
Mar 26-Apr 12$119,989-17.2%35-1$3,428$1,341,7507
Apr 2-83$74,467-37.9%36+1$2,068$1,349,2178
Apr 9-153$89,214+19.8%36-$2,478$1,438,4319
Apr 16-224$56,841-36.3%35-1$1,624$1,495,27210
Apr 23-293$55,712-2%35-$1,591$1,550,98411
Apr 30-May 64$21,904-60.7%24-11$912$1,752,88812
May 7-1311$13,729-37.3%17-7$807$1,586,61713
May 14-2014$16,440+19.7%11-6$1,494$1,603,05714
May 21-2716$10,436-36.5%7-4$1,490$1,613,49315
May 28-Jun 315$6,914-33.7%6-1$1,152$1,620,40716
Jun 4-1017$5,117-26%4-2$1,279$1,625,52417
Jun 11-1716$6,135+19.9%3-1$2,045$1,631,65918
Jun 18-2419$4,978-18.9%2-1$2,489$1,636,63719
Jun 25-Jul 115$7,165+43.9%4+2$1,791$1,643,80220
Aug 6-1220$2,180-2-$1,090$1,715,47826