| Beauty and the Bastard | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Dome Karukoski |
| Producer: | Aleksi Bardy |
| Starring: | Pamela Tola Samuli Vauramo |
| Music: | Jukka Immonen |
| Cinematography: | Pini Hellstedt |
| Distributor: | Helsinki Filmi Oy |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | Finland |
| Language: | Finnish |
Beauty and the Bastard (Finnish: Tyttö sinä olet tähti;) is a 2005 Finnish musical romantic drama film directed by Dome Karukoski and written by Pekko Pesonen. It stars Pamela Tola and Samuli Vauramo. Eero Milonoff, Joonas Saartamo, Mikko Leppilampi and Mikko Kouki play supporting roles. It is the feature-film debut of director Dome Karukoski, who had previous experience from commercials and short films. The music was composed by Jukka Immonen's Friend Music.
In Norway the film was released as Norwegian: Skjønnheten og Bastarden in April 2007. The reception was universally mediocre from the biggest newspapers' critics. VG, Aftenposten, Dagbladet, Dagsavisen and Bergens Tidende all issued a "die throw" of 3.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]