HopeaCiné: Isänpäivä – Film screening & author visit

Originating from Cinema Orion, HopeaCiné film screenings will continue this spring in Malmitalo and Vuotalo! Guest: director Aleksi Salmenperä

Designed for seniors, HopeaCiné’s programme features new Finnish films once a month. Each screening invites filmmakers or film experts as guests, who will discuss the filmmaking process and offer fresh insights to deepen the viewing experience after the film.

The film Isänpäivä (‘Father’s Day’) by multiple award-winning director Aleksi Salmenperä (e.g. A Man’s Work, The Mine, Void) is an honest tragicomedy about the metrics of getting by in life. In the film, Veikko (Tommi Korpela) helps his friend Tinke (Tomi Lindfors) get by in his everyday life in a service unit. Tinke has drunk his health away, and life is being held together by humour stemming from its dark side. When the teenage twin daughters (Vilja and Varpu Rintanen) of Saimi (Laura Birn), a person from Tinke’s rocker past, decide to find out who their father is, their search leads them to him. Saimi is determined to stop the twins from meeting Tinke by any means necessary, but Veikko, caught up in the mess, disagrees with her decision.

Directed by: Aleksi Salmenperä
Cast: Tommi Korpela, Tomi Lindfors, Laura Birn, Varpu Rintanen, Vilja Rintanen

Duration: TBA
Language: Finnish, subtitles: Swedish