Plot
Veli-Matti is a taxi driver whose violent temper gets him into a lot of trouble. He seems to be the perfect nice guy with his children, although his wife vanished when their youngest was a baby. When she returns after an unexplained two-month absence, he realizes that they cannot go on as if nothing happened; he suggests that he move out and they both move on with their lives. This puts the loving father of three in a weaker position where the kids are concerned: he fights for a 50-50 settlement, but his wife wants a settlement that will suit her better, even if she was the one who abandoned the family for two months. He does what he can for his children despite a chronic lack of time and resources, and his actions play like a crash-course in low-budget single parenting: he makes bread buns with his kids, reads to them, takes them on adventures in his dark, unfurnished new flat, cooking pancakes in a pan on a fire inside a pot. When the first decoration arrives in the form of a set of--admittedly hideous--curtains, it is the beginning of the end, as fate starts to conspire against him. He is declared guilty of a crime he cannot remember committing and incarcerated, and his children's mother gets sole custody.
Written by
Paavo Westerberg, Mikko Kouki, Aku Louhimies
Directed by
Aku Louhimies
Crew
Production Countries
Finland
Production Companies
Solar Films
Languages
suomi
Awards
11 wins & 6 nominations