01x14 - Juhannushäät

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Part 14: Midsummer Wedding

So, where has the little lady been?

Just out driving around.

Listen, can you manage with Erkki here while
Annikki and I are at the spa?

Of course I can, I can.

Jaana is coming here too.

She’ll come, if she comes.

She’ll come.

She’ll be here soon enough.

Here are the reins.

Take the horse to the
pasture; I’ll head inside.

Come quick now. Time to change clothes.

Erkki will come to pick us up soon.

Surely he’s not in that much of
a hurry. I have time here...

Go on now.

You seem nervous.

Got a bit of travel fever?

Yes I am and of course.

And living in a hotel too.

No idea what to pack.

Maybe we should take a couple of
cows along, to have something to do.

Oh, stop it.

That hotel and spa in Kajaani must be pretty fancy,
if you believe what Niilo Huotarinen has been saying.

I’ve been thinking about Eeva’s wedding.

I tried asking her on the phone
about their plans, but she wouldn’t say.

Surely it's out of the question, that they'd got
secretly married, like Jaana did back in the day.

We have the right to throw a proper
church wedding for our youngest, don’t we?

Now, where did Jaana’s Father’s
Day gift disappear to?

Partanen!

Listen!

That hill there, or that
bump, needs leveling out.

I definately won't go
there with a machine.

What you mean, you don't go?

It’s too steep.

It’ll have to be done by hand.

No way! It's too expensive
and takes too much time.

In two or three weeks the electrician’s coming,
so it needs to be ready by then.

Looks like you're having visitors.

What?

Looks like I’ve got a guest.

Well, you’ve all been insanely
busy with work here.

We need to get everything ready for winter, so
welcome to come skiing on the first snow.

You're really gonna have this...
ready before the first snow?

Bit of an optimist, aren’t you?

So, did you have something to say, or are
you just here to chat? I'm a bit busy.

I did. We need machines at our place!

There are three roadworks that need to
be done and some ditches cleaned.

Not happening now.

They're busy here as you can see.

You remember the agreement, right?

Yeah, yeah, but the agreement doesn’t say
anything about the order of the work.

As you can see, they’re here now, and
once they’re done, they’ll come to Kaukovaara.

Better not get too c*ck.

Hey Kari, did you just come
here to be an a*s again?

So get lost.

Hey, Partanen!

I need to head to Kajaani.

If you don’t dare take the machine
there, I’ll take it myself tomorrow.

Alright, fine.

Bye.

Hurry up now!

Erkki’s already here!

Do I need to put on a proper tie?

Of course!

That’s why it’s sitting on the dresser.

Ready?

Good day.

Dad’s still getting dressed.

Such a rush!

I’m ready.

It's just that tie, because it had such a good
knot, and now it's undone again. It's such strange when...

So what's with the knot then?

Come here now, I'll help you.

You didn’t need to iron it—it’s
a fine tie as it is.

Just stay quiet and hold still now.

Give it to me, I’ll fix it.

Listen, Erkki, it’s now up to
you to handle the cows.

Yeah, yeah.

And don’t make Liisa do too much work.

Young girls like that need to grow calmly,
you know… Damn it, now it’s crooked again.

Young girls like that are like willows.

Oh, Liisa will manage, and Jaana
will come help her too.

Erkki, don’t forget to
give Elvira her medicine.

I’ll give Elvira her medicine.

Damn, is that all it turned out to be?

Come now!

Good heavens, all this rushing
around, it's just unbelievable...

Well, that took a while.

If I’d had a cigarette, I’d have
smoked at least five by now.

You know how they are.

Had to share all kinds of advice.

Apparently, I’m supposed to
“grow calmly” or something.

Like a willow.

Young girls are like willows.

That's how dad said.

Need to do a bit...

Let’s put them on the ground
here and take them inside later.

What all do you have there?

What’s the big surprise?

Some kind of party?

Didn’t you know?

Eeva's wedding—we're organizing
Eeva's wedding.

Is Stig coming here?

It’d be strange if the groom
didn't come to his own wedding?

I'll go there for a while...

Good day.

All right.

I’ll leave you here now.

I’ll come pick you up in a
couple of weeks to go home.

Call me if anything unusual comes up.

Now remember to take
care of the animals.

Yeah.

And don’t forget Elvira’s medicine.

We won’t, we won’t.

Go sign in over there now.

Okay, take care.

Bye.

Bye bye.

Good day.

We’re here to check in.

Welcome.

Under the name Metsola.

There you go.

I don’t have my glasses.

Where does the last name go?

First name?

What is this?

It's the room key.

- This one? Yes.

Look here, Annikki.

It’s a key.

It is a key.

This is such a clever device.

We could use one like this at home.

Could put it on the barn door.

But we never lock the barn.

Then put it on the outhouse door.

Listen here, Willow, you need
to pull yourself together.

We’re organizing Eeva’s wedding now.

Hey, who’s sneaking around over there?

Liisa, let’s see who it is.

Tell him there's nobody home.

Dad!

Dad...!

People must have a lot of money if
they can afford to live like this.

Look at that.

When a Karelian stew
costs almost a hundred.

And that Kainuu salmon soup
costs nearly the same.

That kind of money could feed us
for a whole week back home.

Good thing we don’t have
to pay for it ourselves.

Free food doesn't exist.

What now?

That’s what it said
in the sociology journal.

At the hospital, when I ran out of proper magazines, I had to read
everything I could get my hands on, even the dials on the machines.

Hey by the way. Have you noticed
that there's women's-led dance every Thursday here.

I wonder what kind of
atmosphere it must be like.

Well, you'll see on Thursday.

Oh, so they’re dancing
in a circle together.

Oh, dear Lord.

Look at those.

They’ve got a rat.

It’s a live rat.

We’d have plenty of those back at home.

Where did they get it from?

- I don't know...

I hope they have at least washed it.

It would be fun to know what Antti
and Annikki are doing at the hotel.

Mom’s obviously worried and thinks we don’t
know how to handle the animals.

Strange she hasn’t called to ask how
we’re managing with the animals back home.

But there’s enough work, for sure.

We’ve got exactly 11 days to get everything
ready before Dad and Mom get back.

And by then, everything
has to be spotless.

Just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it.

I’ve got no permanent rush anymore.

When I left here 25 years ago,
I had one suitcase with me.

Now, coming back after 25 years,
I’ve still only got one suitcase.

All sorts of things
were left in between.

At least 25 years of it.

But you’ve still got me.

Yeah, I do...

- So what are you fussing about now?

...luckily.

This is still your home, right?

You just take a moment to breathe,
and everything will work out again.

No buts.

Erkki is right.

And tomorrow, boys, you’ll get started by clearing the barn loft, getting everything out of there
- to get the dance floor in place , and setting up a serving canopy outside.

Is she always like that?

A serving canopy and a
dance floor in the loft?

Of course.

Dad wants us to have
a proper, old-fashioned wedding.

I’ve got so much of my
own stuff to do, though.

All right, all right.

I’ll sacrifice myself.

For Eeva.

And what about the invitations?

Oh, I sent those ages ago.

When I first got here.

Oh, you’ve been on top
of it, haven’t you?

You seem to enjoy this whole thing.

Yeah.

But now, little Erkki,

go to bed.

Let’s all go to bed so we
can wake up early for milking.

Right.

Good night.

- Good night!

So, you think you'll manage?
Just the two of you?

Well no. See Eeva and Stigu
are coming the day after tomorrow.

Then Kristiina and Heikki are coming,
and I’ve talked to Eeva.

Eeva said that they might have help too.

- Are you asleep?

No.

I’ve got something to say.

Come in.

It’s good that you came
here to the countryside.

Yeah, I would’ve come earlier,
but I didn’t dare.

I was in Tampere looking for
work, but they didn’t take me.

Well, now you’re here anyway.

Just think, ever since I gratuated,
everything has been kind of strange.

You’d never believe beforehand that you’d have
to become an adult all at once.

Then you come here to
organize Stigu's and Eeva's wedding.

You're quite a brave girl.

I’m proud of you.

You could paint them a board
for them as a wedding gift.

I can’t.

Make some really ugly one.

Some awful.

No, but seriously.

Eeva has always liked your paintings.

It’d be cheaper too.

What was your thing again?

That... good night.

Good night.

Should we go wake up Jaana?

Don’t bother.

She’s such a difficult person.

I was just thinking, since last night she urging us
to go to sleep, and now she's sleeping herself.

It’s kind of a habit for supervisors.

Making others work while
enjoying the results themselves.

That’s at least how it is in sports.

Or at least that’s how it was in
the Finnish ski team when I was involved.

Well, Risto, you should know that.

You’ve got leadership experience.

Dad was always the first to start
work and the last to leave.

Maybe that's why my company went bankrupt.
Since I didn't have a proper control.

Liisa...

This here is our gym, which is available
for the spa guests to use freely.

There’s even a chance to
get some guidance if needed.

Ah, okay.

You wouldn’t need something like this
if people did real work.

They could come to Leppävaara
and dig ditches for us.

Yeah, maybe.

I feel so ashamed lying here being pampered while the
kids have to sl*ve away back home with the animals.

Well, there’s nothing to be ashamed of.

Hasn’t the lady of the
house done enough already?

Now it’s time to get back into
shape and let the kids take over.

Besides, these shoulders aren’t up for
taking care of animals anymore.

Hi!

Oh, boy!

Hi!

Hi!

Is is yours?

*Swedish* Jaana, could you hand
me the knife? (maybe)

Are you completely sure?

Congratulations!

How's it going?

*Swedish* There you go. - Thank you.

I’ll leave these to cool for
a while, they're really hot.

I need to head to work now.

I’ll come again tomorrow.

I can give you a ride.

Oh, great, if it’s okay.

Yeah, of course.

I’ll go to the village at the same time.

I need to buy more coffee cups.

Hello.

Hello.

My goodness, Well, there comes
the bride and the groom.

We’ve been so busy I didn’t even
hear you arrive in the yard.

Yeah, I can see that.

What’s in this box?

Guess.

A wedding dress.

Can I have a look?

No way.

It has to be a surprise.

You’ll see it in the church.

Hi Liisa.

Well, hi there.

Here it is, our charmer boy who
drives the women in this house crazy.

Kristiina, you haven't met yet, haven't you?
*Swedish* This is Stig, Eeva's... ...fiancee.

*Swedish* Hi, welcome! - Hi, thank you.

*Swedish* Do you speak Finnish?

*Swedish* No, it's a bit of a problem.

But you can speak Swedish together.

*Swedish* I said, that you
can speak Swedish together.

*Swedish* Yes!

*Swedish* Can I help with
something or something like that.

*Swedish* Because Heikki something...

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you.

I just came to say...
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

Maybe I could find something
to do as well?

Well, not in the kitchen, at least.

You can go with the boys to
the barn loft to build dance floor.

I need to go to the village.

Eeva, go milk the cows.

Huh? - Milk the cows.

Good day... to the mayor's house.

Good day, good day.

Do you have a moment?

Of course, what is it about?

Well, I’m planning to build a holiday village by the
Kalajärvi shore and I already have four hectares of land.

I’ve also secured a plot
from my brother Risto.

But now, there’s one thing: I should probably
get some kind of permit for this construction.

I’m building cottages and...

Yeah, yeah.

A holiday village, really?

Yes.

Do you already have sketches?

No.

Should there be already at this point?

Well, I don’t know your plans, but normally you
should have sketches when you’re applying for a permit.

It makes the process easier. But you know, you’re only
allowed to build five cottages per kilometer of shore.

How many cottages are
you planning to build?

Depends on the financing.

Well, yes, sure.

Well, if you and your husband could get the plans ready
and have him write the applications, it should sort itself out.

But I'll get a permit?

Well, in principle, yes, but the
municipal council will make the decision.

We didn’t get much from that
company, when it was auctioned.

It went for underprice.

And the creditors will suffer, since the
bankrupt company didn’t have enough funds.

Yeah, and me.

The CEO and the chairman of the board.

I was sentenced to pay
all the tax debts.

And it increases by 16% every year.

That’s 200,000 per year.

I can’t pay that.

Declare personal bankruptcy.

And then you’ll be free
from the whole thing.

That doesn’t work like that in Finland.

If I have an income, the tax authorities take
as much as the law allows from my salary.

I’m left with the minimum wage.

And the rest goes to seize.

How long does this last?

Forever.

- Probably not.

- Government tax claims, they do expire.

Definately do not expire!

Unless I leave the country.

Well then, leave the country.

That would be a nice life,
maybe to Australia, sun, to Copacabana.

For ten years, right?

Definately not going.

Eternal debt prisoner?

Yes.

And all of this because the
previous owner left the taxes unpaid.

It was my fault, of course.

Hey! Please come help me
carrying these tables and chairs!

- I will come too.

Nice.

Even the little master is coming.

Hello, hello!

Hello!

Just organizing a little wedding here.

Oh!

Sorry to disturb, but I heard
that Liisa might be around here.

Yes, she should be somewhere
around here, I guess.

By the way, Osmo is a really decent guy.

I happened to be in town since we have
the Talakka swamp area protection association yearly meeting

and I happen to be the chairman, I thought
I’d come by to visit Liisa while I'm here.

Well, there you’re k*lling two flies
with one hit, so to speak.

Oh, sorry, I probably shouldn’t speak like
that with all these environmentalists around here.

Jaana asked me to tell
that the food is ready!

What did you say?!

That the food is ready.

Hey!

Hello.

What are you doing here?

Hey.

I came by since we were
at the school all together.

I thought I’d drop by.

I rode my bike up that hill.

That’s the world’s healer from Helsinki.

Blesses our small town
with his presence.

Well, I’ll explain later.

Now we must go to the sauna.

I mean, to eat, of course.

When Jaana says, it’s time to go.

Hey!

Time to eat, time to eat!

Let’s eat!

- Why don't we heat up the sauna?

- Let's take some
sausage too. Blue sausage...

So? Let's go

I don’t think I’ll bother.

You’re having a
family celebration, right?

A damn family celebration.

Well, now life is looking good.

Here are sausages.

A Finnish sauna and beer and...

...and sausage, give me
some paper, please.

They don’t have this in Sweden.

Finnish paper.

Don’t the Swedish sausage
beat the Finnish sausage?

- Hell no!

"Falukorven" (some Swedish
style sausage)

Is that car yours by the way?

Or is it just rented?

It’s Eeva’s and my car.

We got it as a wedding gift from my dad.

My old car, is so bad already that
you can’t make a honeymoon trip with it.

At least, according to my dad.

So where are you going?

We’re heading to Northern Norway.

Very north.

It was Eeva’s idea.

Even though I suggested a
southern trip or New York.

It’s so cheap these days.

Yeah, yeah.

But I guess it’s cheaper here in the Nordic
countries and this way we got a new car.

Well, whose idea was it to organize
the wedding without dad and mom knowing?

Well, I guess it was my idea.

As I understood it, Annikki and
Antti wanted a real traditional wedding.

And if Annikki organizes it,
she doesn't allow help.

And she can’t handle it alone.

It's going to be too exhausting.

This is the only way.

Tomorrow we'll see how they react.

I do think mom will get mad at first,
but then she'll calm down and accept everything.

The fact that we’re all here
means so much to mom, though.

I wouldn't want to leave here.

From here?

No, I meant from Leppävaara.

Right.

Why don't you stay there?

Oh, darling, life’s not that simple.

I don't know what I would do there.

Here.

You'd be with me.

We could start some...

What?

Maybe...

A consulting point for organic farming.

Hey, look!

That birch can't be put
there, it's way too tall.

Well, some short birch.

Eeva and Stigu, have you come home?

Liisa, go get more vases.

And Heikki and Risto, you’ve all
come home for Midsummer, oh Antti.

Isn’t that a lovely surprise?

Well, yes, yes, but...

The place sure has changed.

What’s that?

That thing?

It's a bar serving shed.

What?

Is this another one of your work things?

It’s built for the wedding.

Oh, I see.

Who ordered that?

Eeva and Stigu.

For tomorrow.

Welcome to the surprise wedding.

May the Lord bless us.

And tomorrow.

And there’s sahti available.

Is nitrate included?

Well, aren’t we having a
welcome coffee at all?

Yes, you can get coffee too.

Goodness, and the boys are here too.

Grandma's boys, welcome.

And Kristiina, hello.

What’s this?

It’s a new baby.

Heikki!

You haven’t said a word.

It doesn’t come by talking.

Oh, is it a girl or a boy?

It’s a boy.

Baby boy.

Antti!

Antti!

Antti, don’t you notice anything?

There’s a new baby, don’t you notice?

Come see.

This is for the memory of
the people who stayed in Karelia.

A lot of my neighbors stayed
there, and even my parents stayed.

Now let’s go. Eeva is waiting.

Where?

Already?

Hey, Erkki.

Where is Lasse?

I don’t know.

Lasse hasn’t arrived yet.

Do you have the ring?

Yes, yes, yes.

Then everything is fine.

Let’s begin.

Mom, can we start?

Yes.

What time is it?

3 minutes past.

It went really well, you
were worrying for nothing.

Do you take Eeva Maria Metsola as your wife, to
show her loyalty and love in good times and bad?

I do.

In the presence of the all-knowing face of
God and in the presence of this congregation.

I ask you, Eeva Maria Metsola.

Do you take Stig Ragnar Eklund as your husband and
promise him loyalty and love in good times and bad?

I do.

And smile. - "huikku", "kuikku".

This is a joyous day for me.

I am so egoistic that I hope Eeva and
Stig move into Stig's childhood home in Parainen.

Eeva will enjoy her new role both as a
doctor and as the lady of the house.

There awaits you a big house.

I have decided to
move into the outbuilding.

And gradually leave the farm
management to you young ones.

You certainly couldn't have
found a better girl.

A girl from the countryside,
from a happy family,

And then she studied to become a doctor, so she can take care of both
the house and you... And why not, a little bit of my health too.

Now I want to make a toast with you.

Eeva, welcome to our family.

I hope that you will
live together, happily ever after.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Now it's the wedding waltz.

Dad and mom, wedding waltz.

- Now it would be
time for the wedding waltz.

Alright, forward, forward.

Well, here's a lot of
things for the young couple.

Next, I suppose we’ll wait for
the invitations to your wedding.

Well, who knows about that.

Can I ask Mrs. Meriläinen for a dance?

Well, if the director wants.

Oh, well, this is something.

It sure is.

And that painting.

This is nice.

Who painted this?

It’s probably from Risto.

Let’s see.

To little sister from Risto and Liisa.

And look, what a quantity of fabric.

At least 25 meters.

Where do we put it?

In the greenhouse.

From whom is is?

This is from my classmate.

See, a clock. I was
always late from classes.

- Forest manager, excuse me.

I would want to dance with the wife.

Here you go.

May I have the honor, Mrs. Ekelund?

Eklund.

Sorry, you probably don’t know me, but
I’d like to personally congratulate you.

Thank you.

I’m Eeva’s former teacher
from the school here.

Back then I already suspected that Eeva would
become something special, but not exactly a doctor.

So, how does it feel now
that you’re married to a doctor?

It’s amazing.

Definitely.

There have been lots of gifts.

Yes, there have been
many beautiful gifts.

That’s a beautiful painting.

It is.

It’s abstract.

Yeah, definitely.

Eeva, I want to apologize
for what happened in Tampere.

It doesn’t matter.

Honestly.

I hope you can forgive me.

I don’t even remember what happened.

What happened there?

I’ve never seen a more
beautiful bride than you.

I have to tell you that...

Later I still had to fight
against Germans in the north.

And there I got injured a bit and had to go
to a military hospital, and that’s where I met Annikki.

She was a Lotta Svärd member at the time,
and she worked there as an auxiliary nurse.

And then I stayed here.

Where else could I have gone, since my
home was left on the neighbour's side?

So, where were you (in a w*r)?

I belong to a
slightly younger generation.

I didn’t really get the
chance to join in.

Yeah, I was in the machine
g*n company the whole time.

I carried that machine g*n
for years, on my shoulder.

I still have a dent here.

Try here.

Try right here.

Try right next to the collarbone.

Yeah, there’s one.

It seems to be there.

It’s there.

Hey, let’s let Annikki sit. Here you go.

Thank you.

Oh Jaana, you’ve organized everything so well, I
wouldn’t have been able to do this.

We have such hardworking
and good children.

Oh mother, it’s entirely
your credit in this.

That’s how you taught us
from a young age.

I hope you're not angry anymore, even though
we organized this celebration without you knowing.

No, no, I’m not angry anymore.

And everything has gone really well.

Besides, Antti and I wouldn’t have been
able to organize such amazing celebrations.

Although I must admit, if I’m really honest,
at first I felt a bit overrun.

But not anymore.

No, I don’t feel that way anymore.

Excuse me, may I have the honor
of taking my mother-in-law for a dance?

Of course.

What?

Me, an old person?

Oh my goodness.

There is also Jaana.

Although I have to tell you, during the w*r, or I mean after the w*r,
when they could dance again, I was quite the girl to go out dancing.

Well, good, then let’s go.

Antti and I went together
to the dance hall.

Now they're coming.

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance...

Alright, then let's dance.

How does it feel to be a lady?

Quite nice.

Watch out for the car!