The Living Room of the Nation (0+)
Finland, 2009, colour, 74 min.
Director: Jukka Kärkkäinen
Director: Jukka Kärkkäinen
The Living Room of the Nation opens a poetic, portrait-like view into six Finnish living rooms. The film is a story of changes, loneliness, responsibilities and the unavoidable passing of time.
The main characters are common people in different phases of life. Each of them is looking for something: human closeness, understanding or acceptance. The scale of events varies, but even as small and familiar they position the characters into dramatic situations. These individual everyday experiences converge into a sensitive and momentarily surreal story of human life.
The main characters are common people in different phases of life. Each of them is looking for something: human closeness, understanding or acceptance. The scale of events varies, but even as small and familiar they position the characters into dramatic situations. These individual everyday experiences converge into a sensitive and momentarily surreal story of human life.
AWARDS
Special Price, Tampere Film Festival 2009, Finnish competition.
Jukka Kärkkäinen
Jukka Kärkkäinen
(born 1972) has been writing and directing documentary films since 2003. His previous work includes «Zetor – Born Free» (2005), «Farewell» (2006) and «The Smoking Room» (2007). He is also a co-founder of the production company Mouka Filmi.
FILMOGRAPHY
«Zetor – Born free» (2005); «On a pilgrimage» (2003); «The Farewell» (2006); «The Smoking Room» (2007); «Tomorrow was Yesterday» (2008); «The Living Room of the Nation» (2009).
Finland, 2009, colour, 74 min.
Director: Jukka Kärkkäinen
Director: Jukka Kärkkäinen
The Living Room of the Nation opens a poetic, portrait-like view into six Finnish living rooms. The film is a story of changes, loneliness, responsibilities and the unavoidable passing of time.
The main characters are common people in different phases of life. Each of them is looking for something: human closeness, understanding or acceptance. The scale of events varies, but even as small and familiar they position the characters into dramatic situations. These individual everyday experiences converge into a sensitive and momentarily surreal story of human life.
The main characters are common people in different phases of life. Each of them is looking for something: human closeness, understanding or acceptance. The scale of events varies, but even as small and familiar they position the characters into dramatic situations. These individual everyday experiences converge into a sensitive and momentarily surreal story of human life.
AWARDS
Special Price, Tampere Film Festival 2009, Finnish competition.