Category: Non-EnglishThis is Aki's directorial debut and it is simply worth it. Finnish director's modern take on a classic Russian novel. These 2 countries have such a lot of history and this movie makes up for an interesting take on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel of the same name. The first 30 seconds pretty much set the tone for Aki's brilliance to show, watch it for yourself to believe what am saying.
The basic premise is Rahikainen (protagonist) commits a random murder which is witnessed by a young lady. There is also a "blossoming" love story somewhere and while it's not a massivley awesome film in the league of Godard or any of the greats. Aki defintiely has a unique style about him that is not hard to discover.
The movie depicts Finnish life very nicely and while the movie is filled with good moments it doesn't lead to anything "great". This is where Aki is brilliant, he isn't over board, not world renowned, not the best. But he has a certain aura and stamp in his films which leaves a mark in your mind, and you will remember this movie as well. It works on so many levels - Finnish/Russian connections, rule of what is right, a little bit of nihilistic existential dialogues & the Finnish weather which is there for everyone to see. The acting is good, the protagnoist is particularly stand out (on par with perhaps Leslie Cheung in Days of Being Wild by WKW)
Recommendation level: 4/5. Damn about time a movie got this rating on the blog, NDTV Lumiere still continues to fuck up with the sub titles but whatever the film is a must see.
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