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The movies does not show you the present state of Finland.

posted 20 years ago by newsalor
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For those of you who are thinking that not all is well in the mythical land of Nokia and polar bears*, I'd like to express that the movie does not take place in the year 2002 or even the 1990's. The music, the way people dress and everything poit out to the 80's or even the 70's. Back then, Nokia made tires and rubber shoes. Moreover, it does not depict the day to day life of actual Finns living in Helsinki. It is a romantic picture about decency, goodness and dignity that people can have even if they don't have anything else.

*The only polar bears you'll find in Finland, live in a zoo.

[–] vladimirkrstovic 17 years ago

1. No mature person expects a movie to represent a director's country in any respect or actors to represent people of that country.
2. If someone talks about actor's looks in a movie like this, he/she doesn't understand a minute of it.

[–] Sakujo 17 years ago

Pretty people can be so cruel. In Kaurismäki's world people are not cruel.

[–] 17 years ago

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[–] aurelije 16 years ago

Kiira Korpi :kiss:

[–] CSMV 12 years ago

A lot of finnish people are gonna hate me for saying this, but while Kaurismäki's films are exagerrated and theatrical (I'm not sure that's the correct word in english), they really do give a fairly truthful picture of Finland, and the sould of the finnish people. Not the entirety of Finland of course, but if you spend some time in Finland you're sure to come across most of what he depicts.
Oh, and a lot of people (and places) in Finland really does look like straight out of the 80's, or even older.
And I don't think that's really a bad thing. I love Finland.