Images from Finland ( Perkele! Kuvia Suomesta ) ( F*** Off! Images from Finland )

Images from Finland (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Perkele! Kuvia Suomesta
Alternate Title: F*** Off! Images from Finland
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1971 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Jörn Donner

Written By:
Jörn Donner

Actors:
Jörn Donner ..... Himself
Tapani Perttu ..... Himself
Jaakko Talaskivi ..... Himself

Synopsis:

F*** Off! shows no false respect towards the authorities in its impudent and candid reportage of the developing country/welfare state Finland. It is a cinematic parallel to Donner's New Book of Our Land (1967). The travelogue focuses especially on Finland's outsiders, low-paid workers and the unemployed. In desolate provinces, the inhabitants of a cold and barren country either humbly abide their fate, choose to move to Sweden or take refuge in excessive drinking. These images are accompanied by protest songs based on Donner's own prose and the lyrics of poet Jarkko Laine. Perkele is embodied in big business and the political elite.The jagged (anti)aesthetics of the film correspond to the underground movement and the radical politics of the time. The camera agilely penetrates everyday life. Though opposed to censorship, Fuck Off! itself transgresses the boundaries of privacy.

This film, which was made for theatrical distribution, was censored in 1971 and could not be shown in its uncensored version until 1991. It gives an easy-going, unashamed and versatile picture of Finland thirty years ago, in a period of migration from the country to towns, from the poor Finnish countryside to rich Sweden. 'Making this film is the biggest madness of our carriers, but I am not sorry for it one moment, because you probably will not get a more versatile image of the Finnish people. And if the film is crazy in a way, it is the Finnish people, who are to blame.'

A depiction of our common fatherland and the wretched men. Featuring the Finnish people, with Urkki, Väiski and other in supporting roles.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 26 March, 2009.

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