TIFF 2002

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HORISONT MOT ØST – HORIZON EAST

FINLAND

THE IDLE ONES JOUTILAAT THE IDLE ONES Finland 2001 Directors: Susanna Helke and Virpi Suutari Language: Finnish, English subtitles Running time: 1h 18m Print source: Finnish Film Foundation, Helsinki Tel: +358 9 6220300 Fax: +358 9 62203060 E-mail: ses@ses.fi

En dokumentar om situasjonen i et land langt fra Europas sentrum, der det å være uten jobb er blitt det normale. Vi følger en gruppe uvirksomme ungdommer i det nordøstlige hjørnet av Finland, som slår tiden i hjel med bilkjøring (”loding”, om du er fra Tromsø), drikking, festing og Nokia-pjatt.

Regissørene Regissør-makkerparet Susanna Helke og Virpi Suutari har etablert seg som nyskapende og feterte dokumentarister.

En humoristisk og poetisk fortelling om frustrerte, men energiske unge mennesker som venter på at noe skal skje. Takket være briljant kameraarbeid og skarp dramaturgi blir denne forbausende dokumentaren faktisk mer som en spillefilm i formen. Vinner av Den nordiske dokumentarfilmprisen ved Nordisk Panorama 2001 i Århus. “Yes, these boys are bored. Yes, their families are boring. Yes, their daily life is perfectly normal and boring. Yes, these boys have everything they need; food, home, car, cell phone and booze for the week-ends. These young men have everything, but they are unemployed. They have no jobs, no real passions, no fascinating hobbies. How boring! But the film that is telling their stories is not boring at all. Because of the brilliant camerawork, the complex structure and the achieved dramaturgy, the work the documentary jury gives the main award of this year’s Nordisk Panorama is a real feature film. A piece of cinema. A spectacular film made by two very gifted Finnish filmmakers. We know them, you know them, Susanna Helke and Virpi Suutari. Thank you for The Idle Ones.” Statement of the jury at the Nordic Panorama 2001 in Århus, Denmark, where THE IDLE ONES was awarded the prize for best Nordic documentary.

The Directors The director couple Susanna Helke and Virpi Suutari have made a name for themselves as seminal and respected documentary filmmakers. Filmografi 1996 SIN – A DOCUMENTARY OF DAILY OFFENCES 1998 WHITE SKY 1998 A SOAPDEALER’S SUNDAY 2001 JOUTILAAT


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