The man who put Finnish melancholy to music finally gets his chaotic due.
A dramatized documentary film about singer-songwriter and lyricist Juha "Junnu" Vainio from Kotka.
Acting
Kukkonen channels Junnu's chaotic charisma perfectly.
Direction
Metso blurs documentary and drama until you're lost in both.
Score
Obviously. Every song hits like a memory you forgot.
Director
Juha Metso
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Katri Helena and Paula Koivuniemi appear as themselves, having both recorded iconic versions of Vainio's songs—some of which he wrote specifically for their voices.
Vainio's lyrics invented an entire vocabulary for Finnish working-class masculinity; phrases from his songs entered everyday speech, making him arguably more quoted than any Finnish poet.
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