Half-senile Ossi and his wife travel to celebrate Ossi's 75th birthday at an old people's home where most of their friends are already staying. Just before the festivities Ossi suddenly disappears and goes on tour to 'make an inventory of his life'. He checks into a hotel, poses as a publishing director to lure an aspiring female novelist, next travels to bother his old mistress and her new husband with his surprise visit and obnoxious comments, then goes to see his son for the first time in 34 years just to receive an even colder treatment. Meanwhile, his equally demented wife goes looking for him with a local policeman.
주인공 카스리넨은 광부다. 일하던 탄광이 폐광이 되며 도산을 하고 사장은 유일하게 남은 것은 권총과 승용차 한대. 차 키를 카스리넨에게 주고 자신은 권콩으로 자살을 한다. 실업자가 되어 달랑 차 한 대만 끌고 도시로 온 그는 주차 단속을 하던 필라야와 너무 쉽게 잠을 자고 곧 동거를 시작하는데 그들의 필요 충분 조건은 사랑뿐 이었을 뿐이다. 그녀에겐 딸린 아들도 있다. 가진 것 없고 사랑만 있는 이들 앞엔 역경만 닥쳐오고 결국 갖은 우여곡절 끝에 그들은 현실을 도피해 밀항선을 타고 꿈의 땅 아리엘로 떠난다.
Based on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-80's comedy builds its dark humour on the stereotypical mentality of the northern part of Finland. While perhaps not as entertaining to a person unfamiliar with Finnish traditions, the brilliant acting, directing, plus the warm, beautiful Finnish summer more than make up for the cultural gap.The story begins with a group of brothers with their families coming up to honour the memory of their recently deceased father. Spending time together, opening old wounds and creating new ones... it all boils down to brotherhood. No matter what happens, brothers take care of their own.
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, updated to present-day Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions...
