Metsurin tarina (2022)
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Cast
Jarkko Lahti, Iivo Tuuri, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Ulla Tapaninen, Marc Gassot, Katja Küttner
A looming sawmill closure and a strange visitor unsettle a snowy Finnish lumber town.
The story
In a snowy Finnish town, lumberjacks learn that the local sawmill is to close because it is no longer profitable, leaving them disoriented. A bizarre newcomer, described as something like a preacher, evangelist, or hypnotist, arrives to disrupt the community’s routine, accompanied by a somewhat bewildered organist assistant. The newcomer’s arrival adds to the town’s confusion and anxiety.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In this snowy Finnish town, news dismays its population of lumberjacks, who had been happy until then: the local sawmill is going to close! It is no longer profitable enough... They are at a loss, uprooted... One of them even uses his axe to dispense Justice and kill the local hairdresser—a Don Juan who makes them all cuckolds... before throwing himself under a truck... A strange world built from news items strung together one after another.... When a bizarre individual, something like a preacher, evangelist, or hypnotist, comes to disrupt the community’s routine, accompanied by a somewhat bewildered organist assistant, she adds to the general confusion and anxiety.
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