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Mika RonkainenForgatókönyvíró:
Mika RonkainenOperatőr:
Vesa TaipaleenmäkiZeneszerző:
Olli TuomainenSzereplők:
Kai Latvalehto, Tauno Latvalehto, Oiva Latvalehto, Love Antell, Markus Fagervall, Mirella Hautala, Anna Järvinen, Darya Pakarinen, Jukka Takalo (több)Tartalmak(1)
Boasting a playful form and emotional content, this modest but touching documentary shows a father and son road trip morphing into a musical journey that examines the fraught history of Finnish immigration in Sweden. The best film yet from helmer Mika Ronkainen, the pic uses vintage songs to delve into distressing memories shared by many Swedish Finns, involving shame, guilt, crime and alcoholism. Fortyish musician Kai Latvalehto has an adorable son and a happy marriage, but still feels rootless. Perhaps his feeling stems from a childhood spent in Sweden and a return to Finland as a teen. As taciturn Kai and dad Tauno drive from Oulu, Finland to their former home in Göteborg, Sweden their painfully honest conversations are punctuated by songs written in the 1970s by first generation Finnish immigrants to Sweden, performed live by second generation Swedish-Finnish musicians. The appealing musical performances deserve a soundtrack album. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
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The documentary is musical, which is reflected in the fact that several times the film is interrupted by a two to three-minute recording of a band playing a song related to the topic under discussion. This is remarkable, but it distracts viewers from the main duo, who are interesting and entertaining (guitarist of the former Finnish rock band Aknestic Kai Latvalehto and his father) - unfortunately, too little time is devoted to their excellent mutual conversations. Sadly, the film around them, which deals with the question of the existential identity of people with Finnish-Swedish roots, is too long and boring.
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