Retusen velkojat : $b Ilveily 1:ssä näytöksessä

In a modest, modestly furnished living room, Pekka Retunen and his wife Kaisa churn out a frantic dialogue about the mountain of unpaid bills that loom over their everyday life. Their list of creditors—shopkeeper Mittanen, cobbler Pikinen, seamstress Neulanen, and restaurateur Naukkunen—has grown long enough to drive them to desperate measures. The couple’s sharp‑tongued banter reveals a marriage teetering between affection and irritation, each trying to outwit the other while the clock ticks toward inevitable trouble.

As the pressure builds, they hatch a bold, if absurd, scheme: Pekka will pretend to die, buying a brief reprieve from the relentless debt collectors. Kaisa, with a blend of practicality and sarcasm, prepares the charade, even smoothing his face with floury paste to make the ruse convincing. Just as the plan seems set, the first creditor, Mittanen, arrives at the door, turning their nervous humor into a tense, comic showdown that threatens to unravel their fragile deception.