03x09 - Rastas ja metso täälläkin soi

[bunniefuu]

Part 40: Thrush and capercaillie sing here too.
In June 1993

That’s going to be a really nice garden, and it’s so close to the house that
you won’t have to go far when you need to fetch some new potatoes and dill.

Well, no.

Hey, listen, shouldn’t we
be getting going already?

Yeah, I guess so.

Where are you two heading?

To Puolanka.

Oh? What are you going there for?

Oh, just driving around. A person can visit Puolanka
without making a big fuss about it, right?

Well, of course can.

Yeah, just some screws and small parts. All kinds
of things that weren’t available in the local store.

Well, why didn’t you talk to Stigu this morning? He
went to the bus station to pick up those computers.

Oh, he already got them?
Let’s go take a look.

Don’t go in there now,
he’s teaching Riitta and Veera.

Yeah, we’d better stay
away from those gadgets.

Hey, listen, let’s go check out
that computer just for fun.

Yeah, let’s go.

What do I do now?

Save it.

Yeah.

How?

You just saved it a moment ago.

Oh, Veera, quiet on the bench.

Sorry.

Well, hello.

- Hello.

Aha, looks like there’s a
proper class going on here.

Now they’re completely gone.
What did I do?

What?

Did the computer swallow those letters?

They’ll show up again.

I’m going to lose my mind
with this thing before I learn.

No, you're not, it’s actually quite easy
once you get the hang of it.

Yeah, and at least it won’t bite.

Look. Now she started playing cards.

Well, that's something.

Hey, listen. Now, now listen. You
put that on top of that.

Like that.

And then that belongs on top of that.

But now I lost the mouse.

What mouse?

Shouldn’t we get going?

Oh, where are you going?

Where?

To Puolanka.

You’re going to Puolanka.

Oh, bring me a bottle
of cloudberry liqueur then.

Hey, next, you’ll teach me that.

Sure, I will.

Alright, Veera. Card game away now.

Hey!

Oh damn, broke a nail again.

Is our Jaakko there?

Can I get him on the
phone? - Just a moment.

Hello.

Do you know, another huge
beer delivery arrived here?

Yeah. Since I wasn’t around, they just left
all the barrels and crates in the hallway.

You were late again.

Well, come and help now.

I’m busy too.

Oh, an interrogation.

Oh right, that. But that’s
only in the afternoon.

Well, don’t come then!

I guess Kirsi needs you more over there.

God damned.

Why do you want to move to the school?

Well, it's just easier in every way.

But I do cook for Dad here too.

Think about it, Mom.

I have classes every day.

And it's almost 20 kilometers away, and
I don't have a car either.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

I'll manage.

Leppövaara, Risto Metsola speaking.

Hello.

Yes, she is.

Just a moment.

Mom, it's for you.

I think, I'll leave right away.

Where's Dad?

He went with AIV.

Hello, Annikki Metsola.

Sorry, where were you calling from?

Let's stop the next one.

That's Antti Metsola.

Hi.

Hello.

So, even Antti Metsola has
set out on the move?

Well, sort of.

And you've been to Puolanka too?

Yeah, we went there. Did
a little shopping for Midsummer.

Right.

So, what's your matter?

Well, I need to check the registration certificate
and driver’s license at the same time.

Oh, well, let’s check that out.

Hold on a bit. They’re right here.

Hey, this license isn’t valid.

It expired in January.

Expired?

But I never got any notification
from the vehicle registration office.

They don’t send one. Your license
expires automatically when you turn 70.

After that, you have to
renew it every five years.

So, you better get moving.

If six months pass, you’ll have to take
both the driving and theory test again.

Oh, that’s just what I needed...

Antti isn’t getting a fine
for this, is he?

Not this time. But remember, besides a doctor’s certificate, you
also need a written statement proving your driving skills.

Well, AIV can prove that, right?

Right?

Of course, of course.

But Antti, you better head home now.

And don’t you dare drive until you
have that new license in your pocket.

I won’t.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, goodbye.

Oh, damn it.

Just my luck, this had to happen.

Listen, it’s not the end of the world.

You have a doctor for a daughter.

Let’s go through her immediately
and get it sorted.

Yeah, Eeva could just write it.

Let’s go then.

Good.

Last time we talked about those loans you
granted for you brother-in-law Erkki Metsola's companies.

Yes, about those...

The creditworthiness of the companies improved significantly when the land and
cottage owned by my wife were incorporated into the slope hotel.

Well, yes, but that's just
your interpretation of the matter.

Yes, but I don't...

By the way, is it true that you were on a weekend trip in
the Turku archipelago in the summer of 1991, paid for by two clients?

Yes, yes, that's true. But I
still had nothing to do...

Did the bank also grant these gentlemen a
loan of 8 million marks at that time?

Yes, yes. But I didn't grant it.

You didn’t grant it?

No.

Even though you were pressured.

Yes, I didn’t grant it.

Listen, bank manager Järvenheimo, we happen
to know that you were blackmailed.

Well, I wouldn’t even have
had the authority to...

And we also happen to know that this
loan was granted to these gentlemen after that.

Yes, but I wouldn’t
have had the authority.

So under their pressure...
Or rather, their demand.

I submitted the loan application to my
superior. And he made the decision.

Well, if that’s the case, then the question arises—how
did you present the matter to your superior?

Did you tell him that the
property offered as collateral was overvalued?

Or did you possibly leave that part out?

Our job was to sell money. Well, sometimes there were
overkills. But back then, we weren’t criticized for it.

Don’t shout, the customers can hear.

That I didn’t understand. What does it mean that could be
blackmailed over the Turku trip? What did you mean by that?

For them, it's simply enough that
I was partying at their expense.

But if nothing more serious
happened during the party?

It didn’t. But it’s
considered accepting a bribe.

Good Lord, where is
this country heading to?

People are accused of bribery just for
attending a party. I can’t take this.

A customer is coming.

Good evening.

Hi. I’ll take a bottle
of beer. - Yeah, alright.

Yeah, we’ll talk later, Jaakko.

Here. And 10 marks. Thanks.

Excuse me, but could I borrow
a pen and some paper?

I’d like to do some paperwork while Antti
Metsola is there having examined by his daughter.

Well, I could see pretty well
those E-letters from your chart.

Yes, the top two rows. Below that,
you guessed every single one wrong.

Well, who can see those tiny specks?

You should be able to see
them. Go see an eye doctor.

He’s the only one who can give you
a certificate to renew your driver’s license.

No, just write the paper already.
I take full responsibility for myself.

No, I won’t. Accept it.

What’s the use then, if your
own daughter is a municipal doctor?

None at all.

Let’s go.

Listen, I wrote you a certificate.

Here, a certificate.

I hereby confirm that I have often ridden with
Antti Metsola and that he possesses driving skills.

In Hoikka in June
1993. Arvo I. Vanhanen.

Let’s go to the district sheriff right
away so this matter is settled.

No, it's not.

What?

Didn’t you get that certificate?

Try to guess.

Oh, for heaven’s sake.

Listen, Erkki.

Tell me, why is it that in
the South, people only know about Lapland?

And almost no one knows about Kainuu.

I didn’t know much about Kainuu
as a tourist destination either.

Don’t we know how to sell
our own province at all?

That’s something our entrepreneurs
should figure out together.

Both in marketing and in
the area of tourism products.

Especially since all predictions indicate that
tourism should start recovering next year.

And then there are these European tourists, who have discovered hiking,
mushroom picking, berry picking, hunting, and above all, cross-country skiing.

That’s important for us.

Yeah, and what sense would it make for them
to come here to ski? They’ve got the Alps.

Yeah, yeah. But it’s only recently been realized that
the slopes of the Alps are too steep.

For beginners and older skiers.

If we could just market Finland’s slopes properly,
then there would definitely be people coming here.

But otherwise, if you think about domestic tourists, wouldn’t it be better to market
Kainuu as a tourist destination that’s much closer to Southern Finland than to Lapland?

Of course.

Mom’s been asking for you.

Where have you been?

On business.

Where you’ve been? You’ll never
guess who called me.

Who?

A gentleman from the Ministry of Education. He even said his name,
but I don’t remember it now because he started talking about Risto-Matti.

About who?

About Risto-Matti.

Well, what about him?

Well, he’s been found. When they’ve been searching for those
fallen soldiers from the Karelian Isthmus, they’ve found Risto-Matti too.

Are they completely
sure it’s Risto-Matti?

Yes, yes. They know from the findings. He was talking about something like a
dog tag and a watch. He wouldn’t call if the matter wasn’t certain.

Oh my goodness, I’m all mixed up.

Now we need to arrange a memorial service. I
need to go talk to the parish priest.

Yeah. Yeah, I guess that
needs to be done.

The municipality would, of course, have to take care of transportation, but on
the other hand, this project would employ about ten unemployed local residents.

Did I understand that correctly?

The master means that we should
start sorting our own waste.

Yes.

The master means that cow manure should go into
one bin and horse manure into another bin.

Should we get another bin
for our own manure?

I didn’t mean exactly that. I understand that in such a sparsely populated area, it
might be a bit hard to get used to the idea of sorting waste.

Especially since you’re used to leaving all the
trash and junk all over your yards.

My suggestion would be that we first collect all the old farming
equipment and car wrecks that have been left lying around in nature.

Come on now, boy. I’ve got all kinds of stuff lying around
in my yard, but it hasn’t bothered me at all so far.

Besides, it’s on my land. And
you have no business there.

Those junk piles give a very negative impression
of you and the whole area to passersby.

And think about it economically, why can’t the
metal that’s lying around the yards be utilized?

Well, a few scrap items
won’t improve the national economy.

Definately not.

If all the locals got involved, we wouldn’t just be talking
about a few scraps, but about a considerable amount of metal.

Let’s stop this debate for now. We will surely
need to return to councilor Lampinen’s proposal later.

Let’s adjourn the meeting and
issue the statutory appeal notice.

The meeting is adjourned.

Neither my father nor my grandfather sorted waste, and neither will
their son. And this world isn’t going to become any greener.

The boy’s not talking nonsense.

- Osmo.

That was a really good suggestion, even
though it didn’t immediately take off.

Things here happen slowly, gradually, so
you just have to be patient.

It’s just depressing when you think you’ve
come up with a good idea.

Yeah.

Which would benefit everyone, then
the reception is like this.

Well, yes, of course, but don’t
get depressed. Just don’t give up.

Well, from experience, I can say that they
actually listened to you quite well here.

There are their own rules, and
you just have to accept them.

If you want something to go through, you
need to be patient and use time.

I can keep fighting for
as long as it takes.

Exactly.

If it’s a good cause.

Right. Have you thought
about trying for parliament?

No.

Well, I think you should.

Yeah, sorry. Well, we’ll
talk about it later.

Yeah, bye.

Bye bye.

Tolonen.

Oh, hi.

Yeah. I heard.

Yeah.

So, is it in chunks or slices?

Eeva, hey.

What?

Remind me, that we remember to remind the construction guys that
in the new apartment, the cabinets need to be lower.

Or something, that’s as important as
widening the doors or something else.

Yeah, I think they’ll
do everything as agreed.

Do you need help there?

No.

It’s just so nice when you have your
own home. And especially your own housekeeper.

And the cabinets should
have sliding doors.

Hey, there’s pre-grated cheese in
a bowl in the fridge.

I wonder if it's a bit too high for you.

Hey Kari, how do you feel about
when the construction project can be started?

When can we start building?

It doesn't seem to be
working out at all.

There were a few problems.

Unless Erkki Metsola wants to
use the ready plans.

Helena’s passing messed up
the whole good thing.

Well, yeah.

So there are obstacles ahead?

Yes.

I think I'll ask Erkki.

Hey Kari.

What does our snowmobile business have to
do with Helena's passing away and Erkki?

They shouldn't have anything to
do with each other.

But they do.

God damn it, the snowmobile
company is mine, not ours.

Don't you f*cking get involved in all
of my business. You’re just the CEO.

Meaning...

...former CEO.

So I just get fired like this? This
job has just brought me nothing but trouble.

Oh, come on. Take from here.

Listen carefully now.

Half of Kaukovaara almost
went to Erkki Metsola.

Although Helena's paperwork was supposed
to be in order.

Including the will
and marital agreement.

But those papers didn’t help at all.

God damn it, I almost lost
half of this family house too.

There was no other choice except to give the snowmobile
business to Erkki, and a wad of cash in addition.

Damn! How can the law be
so unjust in this country?

Well, yeah.

Yes.

This estate has been in the same family for hundreds
of years and now it almost went to someone else.

But hell, it didn't.

Give me more.

So, in the end, you had
to buy Erkki’s share of Kaukovaara.

And you didn’t become the director
of the slope hotel after all.

Do you think we should invite
Nils after all for Midsummer?

No. Our neighbors in Parainen always have big
Midsummer parties and dad will definitely go there.

You think so?

Yeah. Stop worrying, dad
will manage without us.

Let’s agree on that.

Don’t answer.

I have to.

Eeva Metsola.

Yeah. I’ll be there right away.

Yeah, bye.

Guess what?

I guess. The town doctor has to go.
At least take a pizza slice with you.

No, I’ll eat when I get back.
It probably won’t take long. Sorry.

Bye bye.

Goodbye.

But if you suddenly made it to parliament,
we would have to move to Helsinki.

Yeah, that almost means that.

I don’t know if I would want that.

It’s so chaotic and the air is polluted.

True.

Besides, working at the hotel
is pretty challenging right now.

I have to do everything
Helena used to do before.

How’s your salary? It must be going up.

Probably.

Although we haven’t talked about
it with Erkki yet.

You’d obviously like to
run for parliament.

Why not?

But there’s still time.

The elections are in two years.

He doesn’t seem to be from here?

Well, no.

He's from Sotkamo.

And otherwise nice. Or?

I don’t know what will come
of it. Comes what comes.

At least he likes Leena. He
has a daughter the same age.

And he doesn’t drink.

Is he rich?

Yes.

Well then he's good.

Listen.

I’m going to pick Heikki
up from the airport.

You call the technician and tell
him we went to the hall.

That he should come there too.

Yeah.

Just go already...

Good luck.

Bye bye.

Bye.

Kari Kaukovaara.

It’s just, that I really
can’t sleep at night.

I just can’t fall asleep.

Well, that’s how it’s been
since Helena passed away.

Well, that’s totally natural.

It was quite a shock for you.

Like, of course, for all of us.

Exactly.

I’ll write you a prescription for
sleeping pills for short-term use.

Let’s see if it helps.

Chronic insomnia isn't a good
thing in a long term.

Let's measure your blood pressure.

Could you roll your sleeve up a bit?

Yeah.

Your blood pressure is also in a range
where it should be monitored a bit.

Good thing you didn’t say
to cut down on salt.

That’s been said everywhere now.

Reduce salt intake.

Aha.

I’ll write you the prescription
for the sleeping pills.

Hopefully it helps. Come back
when it runs out.

Let’s try it. However I doubt
it helps with this loneliness.

How have you been settling in
this old home town of yours?

What’s to like when there’s work
to do all the time.

And the forest manager is used
to our gray everyday life?

Yes. Well, here's the recipe.

Thank you.

And no alcohol with the medicine.

Well, bye.

Bye.

Yeah, I also have a small
suggestion for a change here.

Let's add one cylinder here
and then a mounting bracket.

An angle here?

An angle like this.

Aha.

Erkki, come have a look!

What?

Come have a look here.

Explain again now. So, this will go...

So, this will go...

Yeah, if we put one cylinder here like
this and then add a mounting piece here.

But what about this flange
here, where it will go?

Well, we’ll take it off and
build an additional bracket here.

Yeah, that sounds good.

A new tool.

Yeah.

Guess what I’ve been thinking. Helsinki is
not a good place, especially for children.

What?

Yeah, it’s better for kids to
grow up here in the countryside.

Oh, for kids?

For kids!

Well, I suppose we'll have kids someday.

Not right now, though?

There’s no hurry.

Yes. I don’t want to start being a mother
for the first and last time at forty.

Of course not.

Good that you’re doing
that, before mom comes.

Yeah. When is she coming?

At Midsummer.

Are you nervous?

No.

I’m nervous. I wonder how
se likes this place.

I have to go. A foreign group is coming to the
hotel. They are going to Lapland to admire the midnight sun.

Well, the nights are bright here too.

Hey, what if I went for a beer
with Eeva after work? Is that okay?

Sure, sure. See you then. At night.

See you.

You’ve had tough times.
And now this too.

Yeah. Though I can’t really
think of it that way.

It feels more like a relief,
with this decades-long uncertainty ending.

And it feels so good to have Risto-Matti
here in the soil of his own land.

Yeah.

Well, you have those medals.

What? Don’t you have any?

Antti has some, but he doesn’t use them.

Hey, this is the kind of occasion
where you should show them off.

I don’t even know where they are.

But I do know.

Thus ends the hero's
long journey to home.

Thank you all for coming to
accompany Risto-Matti on his final journey.

The journey home took a
long time. Almost 50 years.

It did take that long. And you don’t
need to thank us, we were Risto-Matti’s friends.

I was probably the last
one who spoke to him.

I feel like he already suspected then
that he wouldn’t return to his birthplace.

Well then.

Could you come over
to the administration side?

I'm I about to get fired already?

The opposite.

Just continue, I’ll be right back.

We just had the college board meeting and it was decided
to ask you to teach the styling course next semester.

Styling course?

Yeah. You have the necessary training for
that. And practical experience as well.

It would mostly be about
retraining long-term unemployed people.

Well? What do you say?

Well, this came so suddenly.

It feels challenging.

Well, but I don't know.

Well, think about it.

Yeah, I do have that experience. Also, as an
entrepreneur, and as an unemployed person after the bankruptcy.

But the reason for that bankruptcy
wasn't lack of professional knowledge.

But because we bought an old company with
a lot of money, with all the liabilities.

The expertise was in us, not in the
buildings, as my brother Erkki once said.

I do believe in that expertise.

But Risto...

If we go back to that proposal, you'd
be allowed to design the curriculum yourself.

You have the right approach to teaching.

Oh, thank you.

Yeah, it shows that you enjoy it.

And you could even move here completely.

Yeah.

Yeah, well...

I could actually come.

It's settled then.

By the way, some of the students are staying here over the
midsummer holidays, so I was thinking of organizing a midsummer party.

You should stay too.

We're also considering having kids.

Of course, it's not really timely right now, since I took
that job, so I can't just go on maternity leave immediately.

So, would that be possible?

It's possible, but I was thinking that
they might not like it too much.

No, but I mean, you could have kids.

Yeah, it's possible.

It’s not exactly as easy as it
normally is, but we’ve definitely considered it.

Yeah, yeah.

It would be nice to be
pregnant at the same time.

Seriously, hey.

Let’s arrange it.

Do you mean we could exchange tips?

Yeah.

Make baby clothes?

We could call and ask,
"how it feels today?".

Okay, it's settled.

Settled.

Hey, why does it take so little?

It just pulls it from the surface.

Well, that's because after the bulldozer,
the ground is so soft.

It first levels it for itself.

Well, it's stomping harder now.

Yeah, yeah.

Wait a while.

0.20 was the last one.

Yeah.

Alright, now it’s starting
to look like...

How much was the last one?

Well, that was the...

Well...

20.

20.

Yeah.

That’s roughly the average.

Yeah.

It seems like it will work.

Looks like it.

Now just start buying good machines from Sweden,
and we’ll put those into mass production.

Old machines?

Yeah.

Yeah.

It’s a hell of a climber.

Yeah.

I feel like I still have
peat dust in my head.

What?

I feel like I still have
peat dust in my head.

Oh.

So...

Come on, say it straight.

What did you think when I asked you
to join me in this tamping job?

I have to admit, I thought
you had peat instead of brains.

But now I have to thank
you for joining me in this.

This is going to
be a profitable business.

We just need to get
that approval from Vapo.

I’m not worried at all that they won't approve the
machine, or that there won't be a need for it.

It’s been proven many times that it's seven
times more efficient than a regular bulldozer.

And by the way, it
leaves a lot better finish.

Now we just need to
get more machines to modify.

Yeah, we do.

Yeah, this is going to
be a million-mark business.

Yeah. Do you know what a million is?

Well, for many, that's a lot of money.
For others, it's a one with six zeros.

Yeah. Just lumps.

Just lumps.

The Finnish banks' credit losses last
year were 22 billion marks.

Do you know how much one billion is?

One billion?

Look.

If you put one mark
on the table every second.

In order to reach one billion.

You have to do this.

Every second, for 32 years.

That's unbelievable. 32 years?

Yes. And that's one billion.

Oh, hell.

I need to leave for Kaukovaara.

I need to go sign
that inheritance distribution paper.

On Midsummer Eve?

Yeah, we agreed on today.

Once Jaakko is coming
here to spend Midsummer.

He’s such a busy man nowadays.

Yeah. And I have to go to Kajaani
to meet Kristina and Hampus at the airport.

In the fall, we’ll dry
the herbs in that barn.

Since you don't have
cows or horse anymore.

No, thank God.

Listen, Osmo.

Do the Greens have any real
influence in such a small municipality?

Other than being a thorn in the side?

I want to believe that we do.

Although, I’ve had to endure quite
a bit of bashing at times.

Sometimes it feels like people here
deliberately misunderstand all my ideas.

But gradually.

Osmo is so incredibly patient.

He has to be when he's living with you.

You keep on, keep on.

Do you have a light?

No. Now let’s go eat.

You’ll have authentic
Kainuu salmon soup.

Lasse and Veera were
planning to come too.

Too bad Dad couldn’t come.

Well, now we’re here with bank manager
Heikkinen to officially witness your signatures.

Would you be so kind, sign here.

Erkki.

Thank you.

As you know, this was quite a...

surprising turn for me.

And I’m really grateful...

For this turn of events.

Anyway, you could have...

Had every chance to resolve this
matter in a completely different way.

And for that, I’m particularly grateful that
you didn’t proceed with dividing this estate.

And that way you
respected Helena’s wishes.

Well, let’s not talk
about that any further.

The main thing is that
there was no fight.

Thank you.

That’s what there’s been enough of.

Well, that’s that. Here are copies
for both of you, please.

Well, thank you.

Thank you.

I’ll be on my way now, thanks.

Thanks. Well, bye.

I think I’ll leave too.

Thanks and goodbye, and
have a great Midsummer.

Oh?

I had champagne chilling if you
were staying here to celebrate Midsummer.

Thanks, Kari. But I’ve already
been invited to another celebration.

Yeah.

Well, you’re welcome to join us at the lakeside sauna in Leppävaara,
and then over to our cottage at Kalajärvi if you want.

So, you mean... me?

Yes, yes, you’re welcome, even just for
the sake of the signatures. You’re welcome.

Yeah.

Well, thank you.

We’ll see. Thanks, goodbye.

Goodbye.

Do we really need all this food?

Wouldn’t a little less have been enough?

It won’t be enough. There’s a big crowd.

What case is that?

No, careful, careful.

What careful? Is
there something fragile?

Liquor.

Liquor...

Don’t try to bluff me, old man.

What the hell, what’s that
doing on our field?

Don’t curse. You should understand by now, this
isn’t our field anymore, it’s a public road.

Traffic police, good evening.

Good evening.

Driver’s license and
registration, please.

Right.

Where are you heading
now? There’s a dock.

Not to dock, we need to
back up there by the shore.

Now jump off so we get there.

There.

Good. Hold on now, so...

I’m holding, I’m holding.

Alright then.

There. Wait.

Is there any sense in hauling all this stuff
here when there were such good facilities over there?

We’ve always spent Midsummer here at our shore.
Well, we’re doing the same this time.

Hello.

Hello.

Is the sauna warm?

Well, we can't spread
ourselves that thin.

It's just Jaakko and me here.

Risto, you go heat up the
sauna. We’re running out of time.

You put the grill over there...

Relax now...

There under the tree.

Alright, alright, alright.

What are we gonna do
if it starts raining?

Well then we go inside,
the atmosphere will be great.

Rigth, like we all would fit in there...

And Jaakko, hey.

Yeah.

You can put all the tables and chairs
there in middle in front of the terrace.

Where's the gas bottle?

I don’t know where it is.

Didn't you take it? Well, now you’ll
have to go get it too.

You were sitting on the gas bottle by the shore, and you
should've taken it with you when you jumped in the boat.

But where are Dad and
Mom? Where are they?

They’ve got the salad ingredients,
the bread, and everything.

Ah, now it broke!

Just great.

Well, I almost dropped down.

Well, did many break?

No.

Antti’s gonna be disappointed now, since you're
not changing to the Kajaani barrack.

Yeah, and Grandma and Dad.

It might be, but I'd rather stay
close to my future head waitress.

We'll see what I’ll become.

Well, let it be a butler then.

I think, it would be really
nice if you moved nearby.

And when Osmo bounces into the parliament in
1995 elections, then we’ll all be there.

You never know.

I don’t want to go to Helsinki.

You can understand that when
looking at these views.

This is really a...

There you come. What took you so long?

We were already planning to send
a search party after you.

Did the car break down or what happened?

It didn’t break, but the police took it.

Come on, now

Well, it was left on the
road and we got a fine.

Let’s not talk about that.

A fine? Why?

Well, Antti supposedly doesn’t have
a driver’s license anymore.

Well, it’s expired, and I should
apply for a new one.

I see. So the eye
doctor hasn’t been booked then?

How long are you fooling around?

You’ll soon gonna k*ll someone or someone
who’s in the car with you.

I’ll write you a medical referral now,
and you’ll go to the doctor too.

Well, you could’ve written
the certificate yourself.

Dad, this matter is settled.

Well, here come the Swedes.

Well, how nice, Kristina, that you could come,
and Grandma’s little Hampus. Thank you, thank you.

Hampus is so big boy already.

Hello Annikki.

Hello, hello.

And greetings from Västerås.

Thank you.

Oh, this is really fine chocolate.

So, the big boys didn't come?

Well, their friends are obviously
the most important right now.

Back home.

Well, that’s probably true.

And for Grandpa.

Happy Midsummer.

Thank you.

This is real bird’s milk.

Thank you, thank you.

Hi, and welcome.

There’s a bunch out on the terrace,
and for the little Hampus, there’s soda.

Later you’ll get grilled
steaks a la Jaakko.

Alright, let's head up.

Well, yeah.

*Swedish* Come, come here.

Hello.

Hello, and welcome.

- Happy Midsummer.

I even filled the moped’s
tank for those boys.

Well dad, then you’ll have to start
making shopping trips with the moped.

Since you can't drive a car anymore.

If we have to give up the car, then
we’ll have to move to the village center.

Well, I can't get to
the store from here.

And not to the church choir.

We can’t manage here without
a car at all.

I’m not giving up the car.

And I’m also not going to
live in any terraced house plot.

So you mean Leppävaara
would be left empty?

It wouldn’t be left empty.

Eeva and Stigu are moving there then.

Hey, none of that.

Go to the eye doctor and
get that driver’s license for yourself.

Huhuu!

Hey. Here come more guests.

Hey, welcome.

Oh, you’re already here.

How nice that you all managed to come.

Of course.

Hello.

Raija, long time no see.

Happy Midsummer to the whole
congregation and greetings from Helsinki.

Thank you, thank you.

Hey, here comes our mother.

You go greet, right?

Laila.

Nice to meet you.

Raija Metsola.

Just Raija.

Aha, and here’s this officer gentleman.

Nice to meet you.

Same, hello.

And now let's all have some bunch.

It's already ready.

Welcome.

Hello.

Hi.

Hello.

Hey, I'll go get us more.

You don't need yet.

Can I have three? Thank you.

Greetings from the sauna.

Hey, the sauna is free now.

No one’s going in there now.

We’re eating soon.

You've been in sauna again?

Well, where else would a Finnish person
spend Midsummer than in a sauna?

You're right.

Hey, listen...

If you go there, put in some more wood.

Yeah, I will.

Hello.

Hello, hello.

How are you?

Well, not much.

What’s up with you?

Thank you for asking.

Well, the sun is starting to peek
out from behind the clouds again.

Jaakko.

Yeah?

I got an amazing idea.

Yeah?

Now that Dad and Mom won’t
manage by themselves in Leppävaara anymore.

They’ll have to move closer to
services in the town center.

And we’ll turn Leppävaara
into a proper venue.

Where traditional Kainuu style
treats are served.

Yeah.

Huh?

Look, they're in fashion now.

You know, all people want to go
somewhere with a real countryside atmosphere.

Those Japanese and Germans are
totally crazy with that.

They’re willing to pay almost anything.

Well, yeah, yeah.

Look, it’s crazy that the whole Kainuu is full
of all sorts of pizzerias and burger joints.

But there’s not a single place where
you can get proper traditional food.

On white tablecloths.

Step on the brakes a bit, sweetie.

Antti will never agree to there being
some Germans or other foreigners in Leppävaara.

And not engaged with your idea, when
he hears what you think about it.

Besides, you already have enough
to do with your pub.

I sold it.

What?

Yeah.

I heard from a reliable source that they’re opening a
brewery restaurant nearby, where there are many hundred seats.

We would have been totally left behind.

It’s worth acting quickly.

You sold it! And you
didn’t tell me anything.

Well, now I tell you.

And besides, we can't stay in Tampere
because the police are constantly chasing you.

And accusing you of taking a
bribe, or who knows what.

Hey, these Jaakko's treats are
starting to look really delicious.

Hey, come take some. Really edible.

Besides, you might end up
in jail for this.

Yes...

Mom and Dad, these are burning
to a crisp. Come on.

Let’s go now before
orders are becoming fewer.

Here you go. - Thanks. Wow, those
are some pretty plates you have.

This has definitely been
a difficult time.

But luckily, I've had the
groomer project with Heikki.

Well, it's nice that Heikki
has been of help.

But this, this... well, bad time.

Has it been hard for you?

You mean the recession?

Yes, yes, the recession.

Yeah, well, the recession
has bitten here too.

But the number of visitors on the slopes
has been about the same as before.

But people have been
spending less money.

Yes.

Hey Kristina, Erkki, and little Hampus,
come eat before everything cool down.

Shh, Hampus is sleeping.

Come.

I manage without medication these days.

That's good.

It’s also good that you're moving from
Leppävaara to a wider social circle.

I agree.

Do you like it at the institute?

I enjoy painting. And teaching.

I wouldn’t have believed it.

Are you teaching them to
paint those pedestrian crossing collections?

Those too.

I quess, I'm about to be picked up.

Alright.

Bye bye.

Well, bye then.

And see you.

Yeah.

*Swedish* Are you leaving already?

Yes.

*Swedish* Yes, see you.

Yes.

Goodbye.

Bye.

Goodbye.

Hello.

Hi.

Have you been waiting long?

You came almost instantly.

So, you moved here then?

I think Heikki would also like to
live here, but.. I don't know...

I probably wouldn't settle here.

Summer is nice, but in
winter when it's dark...

I got both legs firmly on
the ground, so to speak.

We both have a job,
and our first joint home.

And no complaints about
the nature either.

May I have more bunch?

Sure.

*Swedish* It was good.

*Swedish* Yes, it was.

Yes.

Yes.

The Master is good to go.

Thank you.

Nice party.

There is just not that,

which you Finland's Swedish
always have that...

...thing standing, that...

Midsummer pole?

Midsummer pole.

Exactly, Midsummer...

*Something about Midsummer in Swedish*

Don't give him more booze.

More liquid to Osmo.

Yeah, yeah.

Let's pour more.

Happy Midsummer to everyone!

What the hell is that doing here?

Be quiet now.

A very happy Midsummer to
you too, Annikki and Antti.

Thank you, same to you.

Well, I wonder why AIV didn’t come here.

Didn't you invite him?

Well, I did, I did, but he
said he was going to Riitta.

Oh right, they are relatives.

Yeah.

Would it be okay to
sit here between the ladies?

Well, sit down then.

Oh.

Have a fun Midsummer everyone.

Happy Midsummer for you.

What? They got engaged.

Who got?

Lasse.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

There it is, your dream Urja castle.

Yeah.

Is that the dream, after all?

Does it even exist?

So many things have lost their meaning.

But you can still be
proud of everything you’ve accomplished.

Yeah.

I don’t regret anything.

I'm still spending my time pushing through
work up there on the slope.

Until I can redeem it
from the municipality for myself.

And then I don’t know.

Even if I would sell it.

Don’t.

Well, you can do other things too.

Well, it could...

The Urja Castle could be anywhere.

Even here.

Yeah.

But...

I...

I’ll go a bit...

Over there.

I need to be alone.

Don’t tell anyone.

It’s a beautiful evening.

Is is.

Hey, listen...

Here’s the last spoon
I promised to make.

This is the Sakkola spoon.

Oh, thank you.

I’ll definitely take this.

But if you put a hole in
it, I’ll hang it on the wall.

Well, let’s do that.

This definitely has its value.

In my opinion.

Listen to the whisper
of our forests.

The splash of the noble lakes.

They praised our fame.

The rapids’ roar and
the sad swamps.

Our freedom are these hills.

Our songs are the lake’s shores.

For us, even spring
brought the fairy.

The thrush and grouse
sing here too.

Our freedom are these hills.

Our songs are the lake’s shores.

For us, even spring
brought the fairy.

The thrush and grouse
sing here too.