Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an opportunity – this is his ticket to climb the professional ladder in the company. On arrival, he bumps into his childhood friend Janne, who works in the factory he is about to downsize. Pasi begins to struggle with the fact that he is supposed to care for the profits – not for the people.
Acting
Jussi Vatanen's face does more work than most scripts.
Writing
Economic jargon that somehow makes you want to cry.
Cinematography
Trees everywhere, watching, judging.
Director
Ville Jankeri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Mikko Rimmisen's novel, this captures Finland's unique anxiety around 'success'—visible wealth is almost shameful there.
The plywood factory is real, and Jankeri filmed in an actual closing plant with workers who'd just been laid off.
FI
