One man. Ten years. Zero ocean. Absolute madness.
This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sukanen spent ten years building and moving overland a huge iron ship that was to carry him back to his native Finland. The ship never reached water.
Direction
Surjik makes six minutes feel like a lifetime of longing.
Cinematography
Endless prairie sky swallowing one man's hubris.
Director
Stephen Surjik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Sukanen ship, the Sontiainen, still rusts near Moose Jaw as roadside oddity.
Finnish immigrants called this 'koti-ikävä'—an untranslatable ache for home that breaks minds.
CA
