Portrait of a national icon as an old, lost and lonely man. When Olavi Virta was screened for the first time, people all over Finland went ballistic – they couldn’t take that sad sight of their tango’s greatest voice, the incarnation of postwar wealth and glory in ruins. A masterpiece.
Film details
- Country of production
- Finland
- Year
- 1972
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 30'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi
