“Life isn’t meant to be lived, it’s meant to be endured.” This statement by one of the characters in this ensemble film provides a good indication of the frame of mind of a small Swedish community near the Arctic Circle as it prepares for midsummer night. Everyone has their own cross to bear, some a little heavier than others.
A truck driver, who turns 65 that day, doesn’t seem to know what to do with his life now that he is retired. A woman has to justify her responsibility for a failed project that has cost society millions. A shop manager with high blood pressure has to solve all manner of problems, while all he really wants is to be left alone.
This melancholy, dryly comedic Finnish-language film is the fourth of a five-part series on minority languages in Sweden.
Film details
Countries of production
Finland, Sweden
Year
2020
Festival edition
IFFR 2020
Length
119'
Medium/Format
DCP
Language
Finnish
Premiere status
World premiere
Director
Jonas Selberg Augustsén
Producer
Andreas Emanuelsson
Screenplay
Jonas Selberg Augustsén
Editing
Nils Moström, Mervi Junkkonen
Principal cast
Maria Heiskanen, Ville Virtanen, Kari Hietalahti, Henna Tanskanen, Bianca Kronlöf, Sara Melleri, Marja Packalén
