"The climatological metaphor presented in this movie may not have anything to do with reality." "Juha Mieto pushes with his poles, strong as Lemminkäinen" "Have a nice vacation" "This won't be enough money." " Wanna bet?" "Why Austria?" "Snow and ice!" "What have they got that you can't find in Finland?" "The Olympic Games" "You know, everything's paid in advance" "All I need is a few schillings for snacks" "You know how much I love to eat" "Take this travelling insurance policy" "To her?" "!" "To that woman?" "Even after yesterday..." "She left me many good memories" "Are you sure you can manage without me?" "Can you?" "I'd like to ask you something I never dared to ask" "Did you love me?" "Seppo Nevalainen, please contact info desk" "Niemi..." "Niemi" "Jukka Keskinen, representant." " Aimo Niemi" "I'm Seija." " Hi." "We're first-timers." "No!" "Well, in this plane..." "Me too" "Let's join our forces and show them how loud Finns can shout" "We're gonna party like pigs, as well" "Tell them I'm busy." "The manager is busy" "It was the doctor's" "Do you want to leave a message?" "Hi, it's Kari" "That's all for today" "There's still an important letter left" "It was important" "What is it?" "This is from the girls at the office" "Behave yourself with the women." " Watch your TV's carefully" "I'll be running the cheering squad ...250 hours of sunshine still the heat isn't intolerable even in midsummer because at the island of Rhodes..." " Must be a nice place" "This is captain Peippo, good evening we arrive at Rhodes about 11pm Finnish time" "The temperature at Rhodes this afternoon was 23 degrees in the shadow so it'll be more pleasant than back in Finland" "Mrs. Niemi!" "Niemi!" " Here" "Room 406, your friend has the key" "Out!" "Room... woman..." "No!" "This hotel no woman" "A woman in the room" " No, no" "What's the problem, you're on a vacation." "Good night!" "What the hell are you up to?" "A man is the southern comfort I least want" "But..." "I've got a woman's papers..." "I'm about to have a madman's papers!" "Supinen" "Executive" "Helminen" "Just a regular guy" "Oh, we'll get along." "I'm a man of the people too" "Let's try to get settled somehow" "You get to pick which bed you want to sleep in" "I'd rather sleep her in my own bed" "Yes, but the morning sun shines here" "Separate the beds!" "But I..." "There's a thousand and one ways to seduce a woman." "Get up!" "But only one at a time works" "Yours doesn't" "My plans are different from yours" "I'm going out for a spin to see whom I get to meet today" "Valma, you never know, happiness might await you, too" "I'm not going anywhere" "I'm dead tired" "That's surprising, you've spent a week lying on the beach and in bed" "Are you unhappy?" "It's just laziness" "I'll come out tomorrow, OK?" "Close your eyes" "You can open them now" "I'm a reporter;" "I have to meet all kinds of people" "Don't think you can catch me by surprise" "I just move money around" "Really?" "Large amounts?" "Pretty large" "What kind of a man are you?" "A poet" "It's the first time I spend a night with a rich poet!" "Well, I have a civilian job as a banker" "Like T.S.Eliot" "Wanna come warm up my feet?" "That oughta help your bloodflow" "Good night" "Why go down there to mourn?" "It's cheaper in Finland" "That man isn't worth mourning for free" "Are you going to write a story?" "I'll have a real vacation." "A week without men or cigarettes" "We'll see if I'm a slave for either of them" "Take this - an old trick" "And if someone here knows my wife, - just name your price for keeping your mouth shut" "Good morning" "Marjukka" "Rahikainen" "Just healing my executive disease" "A doctor needs a vacation too, sometimes" "May I join you?" "Please do, sir" "I'm no sir" "But one hell of a worker" "Kari." " Valma" "There's nothing to be ashamed of, - even if we can't make societal boundaries disappear" "I gotta go call Finland or else my business could collapse" "I think I'll have a small drink" "Have you figured out my gender yet?" "Don't you have any lighter clothing?" "They're all women's wear" "May I ask something confidentially?" "Man" "The hotel is fully booked" " Take control of the situation like a man" "Surely you're going to the beach, too." " Yeah..." "Why don't you try hitting on someone?" "What?" "That's right." "Good luck!" "What are you people looking for here?" " What are YOU looking for?" "Not a man, that's for sure!" "Married couples should consider if it is good to leave together" "In many cases, experts recommend travelling separately" "The separation may affect family life favourably" "It's as if you were prodding me on" "Happy, loving married couples  , who apparently do exist,   should travel together" "We have to send more than 30 postcards!" "The burgomaster, the pharmacist, the Vainios" "We're not gonna bother about the village's wannabes" "I don't know you anymore" "That's what makes it a real vacation for me!" "Hello, pretty girl!" "Hi" "Would you like to be our guide to the city, miss?" "Supinen" "Supinen!" "Get me 10 dianthuses for 4pm" "Do you love me?" "It is advisable to pay attention to the cleanliness of food   and to cook all water" "This tastes of preservatives" "Then there'll be no bacteria" "All trips are clear, then." "OK" "The same trips" "And I'm left with some pocket money!" " You gotta eat, too" "I'd like Greek salad and moussaka" "Me too." " And me" "Four?" " Three" "Four salads?" " Three" "Don't you eat anything?" " I'm not eating in this rathole" "I love feta" "Lost a man of the north starving" "I see you, mysterious woman" "The cruel gods of Olympos please don't brag" "Become pale, sun a chariot with wheels of fire" "They're so in love it's not even real" "What is real love, then?" "You tell me" "It's holding hands and matching well" "You're crushing my bones!" "Why don't you chase skirts like other women?" "Captured on an island, the trap of Circe" "Stranger among a strange language and people," "I starve, man of the north" "Home already?" "The night is still young" "The poet is concentrating" "Look what I found at the newsagent's" "It's like you were eyeing me" "Now that I gotta watch, so..." "Just for the company" "Such a fine slice" "I like straight talk" "Let it be the last time" "I'll wash the dishes" "Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today" "Thank you" "Got any dirty clothes?" "Leave it for tomorrow." " I could wash them as I wash my own" "Am I too straightforward?" "We'll make it through the week" "I'm sure of that" "Good night" "Good night" "Divorce your wife!" "Is that a proposal?" "Yes" "Drop everything and marry me, so we can lead a decent life" "My good standing!" "You should understand that!" "It's all over, then" "A DROP WON'T KILL..." "OR GET EXPENSIVE." "CHEAPEST PRICES." "I SPEAK FINNISH." "Shall we have wine?" " Vindos!" "A large bottle" "Waiter!" "Toasted fish, hamburger betty..." "I want that!" "I'm confused, should I have pea soup or pork gravy?" "Italian salad... and french fries" "Finlandish fries!" "And a hamburger with ketchup and mustard" "Ok, that's clear" "Vendace on flowers" "We don't have that!" "Oven porridge with sour cream" "We haven't got that either" "A small coffee" " Finnish coffee!" "The Swedes are leading!" "Never!" "Shut up!" "Sons of a brave people" "Who bled in Poland, Luetzen, Leipzig and Narva" "Still, Finland has her strength" "You can cover the earth with the blood of her oppressors" "Innsbruck" "I wish you'd been here as Helena Takalo crossed the finish line." "Yours, Aimo" "PS." "I'm doing fine with the money" "Call the girls of the Foreign Trade Ministry and tell them to come soon, there's plenty of men!" "Bye and good luck!" "Yours, Marjukka" "Jukka!" "Bitte!" "Fuck!" "My German vocabulary is rusty" "Do you think they look way too awful?" "Not at all." "Good people" "I'm not in the mood for running after women, it's so hot" "Your turn to talk" "What should I say?" "Tell them we're northern lads, - educated reindeer-eaters from free Finland" "Can I have this?" "And this, too" "You don't seem to be hungry" "These big, impressive trees with big leaves - on both sides of the road are common figs" "Maybe you're familiar with them, but do you know what common fig is in Greek?" "My deodorant won't fail!" "..that's sika, pig in Finnish" "Mouthwash to clarify a tenor" "You wouldn't have believed that of Helminen." "True character shows here" "According to my long experience with Finnish common people as an employer " "They've got character, but no class" "It's a pity" "But many people envy a guy, who at least has fun" "My homeland is Finland, - the beloved land of my birth, " "There the white-topped Hagberry - encircles the meadows" "There the white-topped Hagberry - encircles the meadows" "That's where I heard for the first time..." "You missed a great view!" "I'm hitting on the driver to pass the time" "Do you think that's proper?" "What do you care?" "I'm his wife!" "Do you love me?" "Aimo!" "Aimo!" "Wake up!" "We've been invited to a night club" "I don't want to waste my money" "It won't cost a thing." "Fix yourself up" "I don't have any clothes" " I just washed my laundry" "Get up already!" "I'll find something for you" "My suitcase got mixed up" "Now I get it!" "Do you laugh at a man's misfortune?" "Of course we're going to have a premium dinner - it's free!" "No!" "I can't go alone!" " Never!" "Let's go!" " No!" " It's too late to back up now" "You can go" "There's an unwritten law in this country: - if a man has bought you champagne and a good dinner, he has a right to fuck you" "What am I?" "A woman who knocked out a policeman" "I wonder if there's anything about you in the papers" "It's okay, I'll die before they come out anyway" "Raw eggs for hangover" "What have you got scheduled for today?" "Take me along" "I'm a man, try to understand" "I love you both" "My wife needs a man, just as you do" "We're all momma's piglets, - everybody, everybody " "We're all momma's piglets, - everybody, everybody " "You are, I am " "You are, I am " "Do you love me?" "Delivered by the tempests, " "I just saw her, arisen from the foam the waterdrops on her skin did not cease sparkling" " rises the proud bride of gods, - like a temple pillar, - carrying a golden fillet on her brilliant forehead" "Stranger, " "To Sparta say, - her faithful band, " "Here lie in death, - remembering her command" "Behind us Europe and the West, - before lie Asia and the East" "Stand guard, watchman" "Standing on this ground and watching those fallen pillars,..." "They knew how to party before, didn't they!" "Standing on this ground, - you can't help but think of the cultural heritage - our small northern people has gotten from here" "And you want to ask, - will history repeat itself in our case, too?" "As democracy is turning into a shouting contest and - freedoms becomes moral decay will men raise to stand at Thermopylae, - shoulder to shoulder, chest to chest?" "Eventually tourists from other planets will flock before the Parliament building" " and photograph statues of presidents, reduced to torsos" "The ads gave a better impression of the place" "It didn't impress me much, either keep on chewing on your buns, ladies and gentlemen temples aren't built for you a piece of bread is worth more to you than all of world's cultures together" "Excuse me" "Hear me, northern pigs!" "You've come to drink Finlandia to the world map!" "Antti from Isotalo and Rannanjärvi had a chat" "Antti from Isotalo and Rannanjärvi had a chat" ""kill the ugly sheriff of Kauhava and I'll marry his pretty widow"" ""kill the ugly sheriff of Kauhava and I'll marry his pretty widow"" "The blood of Vaasa won't waver, the steel of Kauhava won't rust" "The blood of Vaasa won't waver, the steel of Kauhava won't rust grab his neck and stab his back..." "A hard egg rotates around its axis" "Loose" "Aimo!" "Why don't we eat out for a change?" "It might mess up our stomachs" "CASTOR OIL" "Darling" "It's not good for my stomach" "Eat up, at least the vegetables!" "Besides, Aimo could volunteer to eat the steak" "I prefer the steak to uncooked vegetables" "Take them, Aimo, please" "Well..." "Vielleicht bin ich der Mann für Sie" "Fuck off" "Fräulein... fröken!" "We have a gatekeeper in the firm, - he has a fine, humble character, although he isn't educated" "He has a cultured heart" "It's apparent he's seen better days" "The way he carries his uniform, and - how he salutes" "That's natural finesse" "Sometimes I wonder, - can't society give him anything better to do" "Doesn't it depend in him, too?" " It's not so easy" "If you have bad health" "And no education and you just don't get up and begin with it" "He likes his booze too, our gatekeeper" "The poet is dreaming of a better world, eh?" "I've had enough of it all" "I feel so awkward" "You're so unconditional" "Oh Aimo, I pigged out" "I know I should watch out for my figure with a trickling lamb chop before me I surrender completely" "If you think I'm in love, you're wrong" "Keep on loving your chops" "All since you said "I do, "" "you must've been lying on every word" "I don't care if you tell me - the earth is flat, I won't believe you" "I won't believe a single word you say" "The earth is round" "Liar!" "I'm sorry about yesterday" "One day you'll be happy you got a lesson" "Congratulate us!" "You've been busy, haven't you" "Isn't it time to go for a Finn?" "I didn't mean to insult you" "I'd like to be alone" "Is it OK if I stay and guard your solitude?" "I'm not in the mood for a nice chat" "Let's have a dreadful chat, then" "Leppä has the puck, he passes to Murto" "Finland's offensive starts slowly, " "Murto is harassed, he must pass - to Timo Saari who advances to the blue line, " "GOLD IN THE RELAY" "I'm not sure, I've always liked action, - now I'm a waitress and " "save my money for these vacations" "I find them fantastic, because - no one asks who you are but how pretty you are" "What names do you like?" "Aimo..." "Marjukka" "Aimo and Marjukka" "Who would you like to get to know?" "Aimo Niemi" "Which war accomplishment do you most value?" "The battle between sexes" "What would you like to change in the world?" "Better questions, please" "I wonder if Aimo Niemi loves you" "Can I come in?" "Not now" "I couldn't stand you leaving" "Shouldn't you forget about smoking, in your age?" "I should forget about you, too" "If it's good, it's good" "Bye." " Bye" "You've always trusted in me" "Kari" "I'll return as a new man" "I've decided to remain here for a week more" "And you'll come here for that week" "We must discuss our lives" "Have you known?" "I've known that you know" "What's gone is gone" "I want to talk about the future" "waterdrops on her skin did not cease sparkling, rises... - ...the proud bride of gods, like a temple pillar... - ... carrying a golden fillet on her brilliant forehead" "A bit exaggerating" "but with the eyes of a man in love..." "Why not?" "Are you writing a diary?" "Just a poem" "Did you know poems should be written when hungry" "Are you nervous?" "My steak is getting cold" "Take me anywhere you want to..." "Who cares about one steak?" "Love doesn't die" "Jukka, come!" "Look at you, girlie!" "Don't you remember where we were supposed to go?" "Oh, right..." "But if we run into my ex-wife, " "I'll give her a piece of my mind, and settle our matters" "Do you love me?" "Do you love me?" "Why do you keep dragging these women to our home?" "Let's charter - a small romantic private jet and - fly towards the rising sun" "You're talking like you own the world" "I own pretty much of it" "When a Finn drinks his share he ain't poor nor sick" "I'm as poor as you are ugly" "And as sick as you are beautiful" "Is there something the matter with you?" "Cancer" "I'm an old-fashioned man" "I think... the natural relationship between a man and a woman is - a marriage, a family and a home" "But I do want to get married" "I'm already married" "A married man is my destiny" "I'll make you the company doctor" "Is it the company again?" "A while ago it was a watchman's cabin and a cap" "Oh, did I speak the truth for a second?" "I got to live through a doctor romance, then?" "In reality I'm an assistant nurse" "A romance is a romance" "One more thing" "I'm married" "I don't care one bit" "I'm so tired" "Hungry" "Then I had to sell my ring at the jeweller's, - to get money for one decent meal" "Do you love your wife?" "Of course not anymore" "How'd the love fizzle out just like that, if you once loved her?" "In the beginning..." "Is your wife prettier than me?" "She's different but it's pretty much even" "Finally he found himself a woman" "He's been following me for days like a shark follows a boat" "Many of us here - get sort of detached from ourselves - transforming" "become the person of our daydreams" "I wish even a dash of it would stay intact, - would enliven our personalities - back in Finland" "Take a look!" "I have gotten completely new contents" "Look at this!" "A pair of Finnish skis!" "A man walked in holding a pair of skis" ""Sell", I sayed, he don't want to!" "I offer more, more." "Have to pay much money!" "I invited the others as well, but - they act like they don't know me here" "You came in secret, as well" "But don't worry, you're not the only one" "This is a good one" "Recognize?" "Why must one come here in secret?" "In secret?" "Because of your wife, of course" "What would she say if she saw us?" "She's found a new one herself" "So you aren't a married man?" "Divorced" "Really?" "You carry the wedding photo in your wallet." "Do you love her?" "I'm in it myself, as well"