"Oh my, you're already here." "I didn't even hear the car..." "You're Salla?" "I'm Rauha Romppainen from the neighboring farm." "Salla Saraste." "Welcome!" "Your mother wasn't here much after she got that flat in the city." "Summers mostly." "It's so sad about your mother being taken from us so quickly." "My condolences." "Thank you." "There's the house I was born in." "Isn't it nice." "There's some of your mother in you now that I look at you." "I should have realized it from the color of your hair." "I put water to boil on the stove, if you'd like to have coffee..." "No, thank you." "I need to put some things away." "Uhuh." "Yes, of course." "I brought some baked goods with me." "I did some baking." "Help yourself later, when you feel like it." "Thank you." "I suppose I'll just..." "It's so nice to have someone living in this house again." "It's so quiet around here nowadays." "You need anything, we're next-door." "Thank you." "Goodbye then." "Goodbye!" "Salla-Mari!" "Close the door!" "Close the door!" "The heat's escaping with you running back and forth!" "...you'll beg for more" "Oh yes sir, I can boogie" "But as I need a Certain song" "I can boogie Boogie-woogie all night long" "Watch out, there's a bump there." "How are you, Aunt Tyyne?" "Are your knees still troubling you?" "I don't know." "Old people need aches and pains to talk about." "How is your mother doing now that she's retired?" "You know Saima." "She won't stay put." "Volunteering, hosting a book club." "That's the way she's always been - a busybody." "The teacher of the village school." "She never even got re-married, a beautiful woman like her..." "Why do it again once you've gotten rid of one drunkard?" "I thought I'd get a couple sheep." "With some plant dyes, I could dye the wool and make yarn." "What for?" "Isn't it a chore to do?" "You can get all sorts of colors from the store these days." "Yes, your father never saw a bottle he didn't like..." "But he didn't have it easy - after coming home from the front." "He was forced to deal with something few men could." "Mother, maybe you shouldn't..." "Yes, I suppose." "I'm sure they all had it hard after the war." "I didn't think of doing the dyeing professionally." "At least not at first." "How's your daughter?" "She was in diapers when we last saw her." "Yes, Salla is six years old." "Salla!" "So you didn't bring her father with you?" "Salla's father?" "To live here?" "I couldn't imagine him living here." "He was a handsome man from what I remember of the baptism..." "But I guess he wasn't the sort of man to..." "He wasn't." "Wasn't any sort of man." "I'm better off without him." "So why not find yourself a new husband!" "I could do that." "Oh that Tuulikki." "As hair-brained as when she was a child!" "Sheep for pets and dyeing wool..." "She's a good girl." "And pretty too." "I don't think she still knew the truth about her father." "Our poor Vilho, what a life he had." "It was really nice to see cousin Sirkka." "And aunt Tyyne." "She might have gone a bit soft in her old age." "It's so nice out here in the country." "People care about their neighbors unlike in the city." "I could set up a study circle." "Like a sewing circle but people could discuss societal questions." "Or women's issues." "Or..." "Hello!" "Oh, hi." "We're doing well." "Yeah." "Of course we are." "Yeah." "Yes." "Of course I remember." "Yeah." "Salla-Mari!" "Come talk to gramma Saima." "Salla's coming." "Hi gramma." "I'm good." "Playing." "And guess what." "Mom and I went to pick berries yesterday but there were none." "Erkki the sun shines right here." "And Liisa the earth is right here." "And Kaisa the moon - circles the Earth like this." "You see?" "Who'll tell me what we saw Thursday when we were looking at the sky?" "Kyllikki?" "We saw a partial eclipse." "That's exactly right." "Thank you." "Show me how it happened." "So when the moon covers a part of the sun, like so." "And that was the part that looked like it was missing from the sun." "But what if the moon was directly in between the earth and sun..." "What would we have then?" "Yes, Kyllikki?" "A total eclipse." "Exactly right." "And you know what, children?" "A total eclipse is much rarer - and can only be witnessed a few times a century." "But you're in luck - because we will have a chance to see one real soon." "Scientists have calculated that the next total eclipse - will be visible in Finland in 1945." "That's only three years away." "Yes, Paavo?" "My mother says it doesn't bode well when the sun goes dark." "It's a sign that God turns his back on Finland and Russia will win." "And if the entire sun goes dark, it could even be the end of days." "Listen, children." "That is the kind of old-fashioned superstition - we need to get away from." "Liisa, Erkki and Kaisa, you can go sit down." "Scientists research things so that we can learn about the world." "And so we don't have to lean on superstition and preconceptions - like cavemen, fearing natural events." "Science, children, is like a shining light - that leads us out of an uncivilized darkness." "In these difficult times, when our people are being tested " "It is more important than ever to educate ourselves." "You owe it to your country - so that in the future, Finland is full of not only industrious - but also boldly forward-thinking citizens!" "It's our joint responsibility." "Isn't that so?" "Good." "Venus is brightest in the autumn." "It's the planet of love." "There's the Big Dipper!" "That's right." "And over there you'll see your own constellation" " Libra." "Where's your constellation?" "Right there..." "Leo." "The Lion." "It is not!" "Yes it is!" "And if you don't watch out, I'll eat you!" "Constellations have all sorts of wonderful names..." "Draco, Hercules." "Corona Borealis." "What else..." "Cassiopeia is one." "Gramma Saima is good at this." "She could tell you where they are." "There's one called Coma Berenices, which means Berenices's hair." "Whose?" "Berenices..." "I don't remember who she was." "Probably some princess." "Probably." "Someone with hair as nice as my little princess!" "Salla-Mari!" "Salla-Mari!" "Where did she go?" "Salla-Mari!" "I suppose I'll have to go eat my evening snack all alone." "It's too bad, I even have jam." "Mr. Vihavainen is coming." "He's got men with him." "The older one's missing an eye..." "But the other's young and handsome!" "Why isn't he on the front?" "Evening." "Ma'am, I thought to bring you help - since they sent these workers to us from Kuopio." "You can harvest your potatoes and do your fall harvest more easily." "Thank you." "There's always a need for help around here." "The girls helping me over the summer are back at the factory." "Keep them until All Saints Day." "Then we'll see what we can do." "Then we'll see where the big wigs Order." "My name's Matias Salmela." "But people call me Skinny Matti." "My handsome friend here - who doesn't open his mouth in the presence of female beauty - is Toivo Jokinen." "Don't let looks fool you." "Toivo can get do a lot of harm with one arm." "And this one eye of mine is enough to glance at pretty girls." "We don't need a charmer around here but there's room for hard workers." "Oh, don't take it too seriously, ma'am." "I'm just flapping my gums." "Yes, they're hard working men." "You can be sure of that." "Impi, please show the men to their quarters in the sauna building." "After that, come eat supper." "All right." "I'll just be on my way then." "Thank you, goodbye." "I'll be, girl's as skinny in the middle as a piss ant." "Nothing to complain about our luck, spending time with pretty girls." "Not that outward appearances ever stopped me from a good shag." "Sometimes there's been a bad one..." "Hey!" "Hey, you there!" "Can you hear me?" "!" "Hey, you!" "Hello." "Do you have to make so much noise with that..." "ATV." "Uhuh." "Is it bothering you?" "Yes it is!" "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." "Why do you need to ride around like that if you're not going anywhere!" "Well it's mostly for riding around for the fun of it." "I thought I'd see how fast it goes now that I cleaned out the engine." "I'll stop if it's bothering you." "It is!" "Well, we'll get started with these." "We'll get our sheep in the spring!" ""Could be hard work for a single woman!"" "As if I couldn't take care of two sheep." "I forgot how difficult it is to deal with these local men." "Should only be dealing with women." "Everything would be better if women could take care of things." "You want to try?" "Yes!" "This is so oily." "My hands smell like butt!" "Hello!" "Juice." "Your own berry bushes have gone wild so my mom sent these." "Your mother?" "Yes, Rauha." "From over there." "I forgot to introduce myself earlier." "I'm Ville Romppanen, Rauha's and Risto's son." "Uhuh." "Right." "Could you put these bottles over there." "Are you thinking of moving permanently over here from Sweden?" "Send my thanks to your mother." "And shut the door tight." "You got it." "Bye for now." "Uhuh." "Ferns can be used for dark brown and pinecones for a redder hue." "Onions are used fore yellow." "An ochre yellow." "How did it turn out like this, this is so..." "Oh no, should I have spun it first!" "Oh dear, how didn't I realize that." "It's no wonder it turned out odd!" "Let's not get down on ourselves." "These things happen." "Practice makes perfect." "We just have to ask if someone has a spindle to spin the yarn." ""Germany's women greet their Finnish counterparts." "The position of a German woman as the cornerstone of the home front - is as important as here at home." "Right." "A marriage is of course the most important career in a woman's life." "War destroys a society's endurance so fast - that even the best of marriages won't stand up to the destruction - but in the name of the future " "Germany hopes each true-blooded woman bear German children." "A mother and child are the hope for the future of the society - and the centre of life in Germany is best exemplified by this:" "'A mother is the most important citizen.'" "An expectant mother can cut in line at government offices - and baby carriages are welcome even on a crowded tram." "A mother carrying a heavy load of groceries - should be helped everywhere with a smile."" "Well?" "Does it end there?" "Has there been any word from Vilho?" "No." "Vilho didn't hang on to a pen much, and wasn't good at writing letters." "We should take mother for her nap." "Thanks again fore the coffee, Saima." "Thank you." "Saima doesn't have it easy either, with all that work with her school." "And a little lonely too with Anni off to the field hospital." "There's another fancy pants brought in on the train." "It's no wonder - they liked each other's company, both thinking they're upper class." "A teacher and a nurse, right..." "What are you steaming about?" "Do you always have to wish ill?" "I mean no ill will..." "I thought Vilho might have done that on his spring leave..." "How can he if his wife's as barren as her cows?" "Tyyne!" "What?" "I said it, barren is barren." "Vilho could have gotten any girl around here." "It's sad, really." "A teacher, too." "A waste of a good potential mother." "There's room for one more." "Thanks." "You and Kerttu got a lot of lingonberries this year?" "We'll be able to make lots of juice." "They're asking for you, ma'am." "I see." "Isn't it even said in the holy book - that children should be taught to respect their parents." "How does that fit in with you teaching children - that their parents are ignorant cavemen?" "I didn't say that." "Does this have to do with the partial eclipse?" "I don't doubt that I'd be smart if I had gone to school - but the thing is that if you don't have your own children - don't go turning other children against their parents." "Girls!" "Impi, I'll finish this up." "It doesn't sound like it's easy to teach a scientific worldview here?" "The cart is loaded?" "If there's not enough to do, I talked with Matias." "You can begin hoeing the backfield." "It's the next thing we're going to do." "Good." "I just thought that..." "How spot on this woman was without knowing it." "About her son calling her a caveman." ""Do you think they can see in themselves or others anything - except the shadows that appeared on the cave wall across from them? "" "You've read your Plato." "I've read." "All sorts of things." "My father was a lecturer of Philosophy at the Vyborg lyceum." "We had a vast library at home." "But we lost it in the bombings." "I just have to keep what I've read in my memory until, well..." "It'll take some time before I can continue my studies." "Did you also study philosophy?" "Sciences, more so." "Mathematics and physics." "Astronomy." "Astronomy?" "!" "Hey, where is my assistant?" "The work won't end if we don't do it." "I have to head out to the field." "Someone noticed by chance It may have been Watkinson" "That it's our duty to serenade you" "We remember your hot bosom Your swaying body" "And everyone felt on their lips..." "I noticed this on the bookshelf." "The Mysterious Universe." "By James Jeans." "I don't know if there's anything interesting in it." "Probably just the basics." "Jeans is a renowned astronomer." "He teaches at Cambridge." "I've only read some of his articles." "Oh yes?" "This is very ambitious reading for a primary school teacher." "I didn't understand everything." "But somehow one just needs to stay abreast of recent developments - even if I only teach children." "Thank you." "Hi, this is Eva." "Sorry, I can't get to the phone right now." "Please leave a message." "Thank you, bye." "It's a bright night." "You can even see the cluster above Taurus." "Cluster?" "You can see the star clusters by the horns of Taurus." "I've never really been able to visualize the constellations." "You just need practice." "Over there is the Big Dipper, and the North Star." "With their help, you can find Cygnus, over there - and Libra..." "If you waited until late night, you could see Coma Berenices." "An Egyptian queen who sacrificed her hair- so her husband would return safely from the war." "I remember that story." "The hair disappeared from the temple - but could be found in the heavens where Aphrodite had sprinkled them - for all to admire." "Isn't that right?" "Wednesday, October 3rd." "I walked on the University grounds and turned left at the library." "Instead of the Blom's house there was a cafe - just like our favourite one in Venice..." "I tried to make eye contact with a waiter- and that's when I felt you standing right behind me." "I didn't turn." "I felt you..." "Touch my hair..." "Have you had time to read it?" "Is it worth the read?" "Listen to this:" ""It's very possible that time, from beginning to end - is developing on the canvas that is the world." "Even though we are in touch with only one point at a time - just as one part of a bicycle's tire touches the earth at one time."" "All of time already exists." "That's such an enormous concept - that it makes me feel like when I'm looking at the stars." "Like I'm drowning in it." "Yes." "But then if you think that..." "You stop to have a chat?" "How can we get the potatoes picked if you just stand around babbling?" "!" "Looks like Toivo is also interested in books" "Him especially!" "He'd probably be a professor already - if there wasn't this scuffle with the Soviets going on." "He would be working a desk job at the military headquarters - if he wanted to." "So why didn't he go?" "Have I told you about how during the peace between the wars - traveled house to house with this fellow named Tauno Liimatainen?" "You see, Tauno was a sweetheart, completely different from Toivo." "One evening we had to ask for a place to sleep at a widow's home." "This widow was very specific about where men unknown to here slept." "But Tauno talked her into letting us sleep on the main room's floor." "In the morning we continued on our way." "Sometime later Tauno and I went our separate ways." "Nine months later someone representing the widow contacted me." "Nine months?" "Exactly." "I had to phone Tauno." "Hey Tauno." "Remember that widow who let us use here floor for the night?" "Tauno remembers her well." "I asked him to say - if he slipped into the lady's bed in the night." "Tauno admitted to this right away." "I asked if he erroneously perhaps - had given her my name and address." "How horrible!" "Tauno said that this may have well happened." "So I continued, telling him it's been nine months since then." "And that I had just gotten news yesterday - that the lady has kicked the bucket." "Passed on to a better place, as it's said." "And that she had willed her entire estate to me." "Maija and Sirkka!" "Hurry!" "Find cover!" "They're ours." "They're ours." "Come!" "Yes." "Okay..." "Let's see..." "Yes, okay." "Bye!" "Can't find a station?" "Let me try." "Oh, this one's wonderful!" "You could take my troubles away" "Like you did before" "It was Seppo who called." "He's coming here very soon." "Seppo's coming!" "He promised to show me a new handkerchief trick!" "I would build a home for you" "One you'd never leave" "I love" "I could be yours" "With you I'd have the most beautiful again" "I love I would give it all to you" "Come back to me again" "You need some help?" "Oops." "Be careful!" "Don't startle me like that!" "I could have died." "Oh." "Sorry." "I didn't mean to." "Are you going to fix the roof?" "Water's coming in from there." "When it rains, that is." "It would be a lot worse if it came in when it didn't rain." "Let me go have a look." "Be careful." "Hey!" "I think this is the last one, but I'll check by the chimney too." "Hey, be careful!" "You're crazy!" "I almost had a heart attack." "Just joking." "Are you doing some writing?" "Writing my thesis." "Wow." "What about?" "It's titled The Geography of Dreams." "For real?" "What kind of research is that?" "I'm researching where and what sort of places we are in, in our dreams." "What is the scenery of our dreams." "Is it borne from something real." "For example - all my dreams took place, or almost always, at this house." "I spent all my summers here." "With my grandmother - even after I moved with my mother to Sweden." "But after I moved here " "I haven't seen any dreams that occur here." "Now my dreams always take place in a city - a little like Stockholm but not quite." "Wow, I never see dreams." "You just don't remember them." "Everyone has dreams." "Really?" "Good baking, by the way." "Your mother made them." "She brought over so much when I moved in that I froze some." "Well, that would explain it." "Who's this?" "I don't know." "I found it in the attic, in that book." "Almost as if it had been hidden there." "Could be a relative of yours." "You two look alike enough." "She at least is related to you." "That's me when I was young." "Well, I'll be." "I thought it could be your daughter." "No, I don't have any children." "So you're not married?" "No, not anymore." "I got a divorce before I came here." "Oh." "Seventeen years." "I was seeing a girl for 3 years - and that felt like a long time once we separated." "I wondered how I could go on alone?" "How old are you?" "Twenty-three." "No wait, damn it, I just turned twenty-four last month." "So you're a Virego?" "A virgin?" "No way, damn it!" "I'm talking about the horoscope sign." "Virgo." "I wondered what you were trying to..." "But I don't know, I'm a Libra ore something..." "Really?" "I'm a Libra too." "My birthday is next week." "Well, I'll be." "Do you believe in the horoscope and such?" "I thought that since you're into the sciences - you wouldn't give much thought to it." "Well, you don't have to take it too seriously." "And think how wonderful it will be for us not to move again!" "It's crazy that everyone is moving out of the countryside - and we also almost moved with Helena to Sweden." "But there's all these great farms and houses that sit empty." "But we're doing the exact opposite!" "Moving closer to nature." "Revitalizing rural life!" "Honey, isn't it wonderful that we finally have a place to call home?" "And you never know..." "Maybe there will be more of us here some day." "Perhaps even a huge family." "That's mine!" "How about that?" "Would you like to have little sisters?" "Or brothers?" "They can bite." "Oh, maybe I'm getting ahead of myself..." "That looks great!" "I'm going to give this to Seppo when he comes." "Let me have a look" " It's wonderful" "Thank you." "Good afternoon." "Hi!" "Your radio must be broken." "Hey, don't!" "No, it's just not on a station." "What?" "I just like to keep it like that." "To calm myself." "The stuff in between..." "It's like listening to outer space." "You want to listen to the static?" "Let it be." "I'm fine with anything as long as we don't fight about it." "Looks good." "Are you going to make a sauce from them?" "My grandmother had a really good recipe but I can't seem to find it." "Let me." "I know exactly what to do." "There you are." "I was wondering where our young hostess disappeared." "You're running around like there's a fire underfoot." "What's burning?" "I was just at the sauna." "Hello Sirkka." "Hello." "Let's go inside." "We're just standing out here on the veranda." "Maybe we could make some pancakes?" "There." "Do you have that flour?" "Put it right there." "Rye flour is better to thicken it, but this is better than nothing." "The secret to this is something as simple as - putting a pinch of sugar in at the same time as the salt." "Pass the sugar, will you?" "Yes." "How do you know all this?" "I've been watching cooking shows since I was a little tyke." "I like to try things in the kitchen and make meals when I feel like it." "You should become a cook." "Sure." "But it's not that easy." "We have that farm and the animals." "My father's looking to have me take over the farm." "Cream." "My father thinks cooking is for women and queers." "He doesn't make much of me cooking." "We're close." "On the right path..." "No one around here thought you'd settle down here." "They thought you were just here to fix up the house to sell it." "I don't know yet if I'm selling this place or not." "This might get too hard when the winter and snow arrive." "Now I have the autumn to think about what I really want." "You're not going back to Sweden?" "Maybe some day." "If I complete my thesis, I'll have to go." "But there's nothing for me there anymore..." "Why did you and your girlfriend split up?" "I don't know." "I think we just grew apart." "What?" "Isn't that how you say it?" "Yeah, yeah." "It's great if that's the way it goes." "Didn't you?" "When you split up?" "When my partner told me about an affair with a 25 year old student " "I had to grow apart pretty darn quick." "But it was all very civilized." "We're adults and academics." "So you stayed on good terms even though there was another?" "That's a hard after shredding some new underwear in a blender." "You did what?" "!" "Excellent." ""General, I suffered that in a recent skirmish." "I may have bled " "But I will say to you this:" "I could join the brave lads - though I've fallen, I'd like to go back, now that I've seen you."" "Thank you, Kyllikki." "Kari can continue." ""Snufkin was deeply interested!" "Stars!" "he uttered." "Take me with you." "I like stars above all else." "I lie down and watch them before I fall asleep." "I wonder who must live on them and how to get to them." "The whole sky looks so friendly, full of tiny eyes."" "Hi." "Can you drop by?" "I have a proposition for you." "A job." "Hello!" "Hi!" "What should I fix?" "I don't need a repairman, but a cook." "A four-course dinner for two." "Can you do that?" "Don't you remember that I told you I have a birthday coming up?" "There's a car." "They're coming in Börje's car, like I thought." "Erkki is probably with them." "It's good we made enough soup..." "Who's the fourth person?" "Hi Börje!" "Welcome!" "Thank you!" "Hi!" "Did you bring souvenirs?" "Salla-Mari!" "Let Seppo get settled." "There are a lot of you." "Surprise!" "Hi, how do you..." "I didn't know you also knew Anneli." "I just had to come and see where you've escaped to!" "This is a wonderful house!" "I heard you two were classmates." "She was in my big sister's class!" "I hope you have enough room." "We emptied the liquor store in town." "Come on in everybody!" "This is a magic scarf." "No it isn't!" "It is!" "Look here, you put it in between there." "Then hold it here..." "Look at Erkki, look!" "Now look, do this." "Utter these magic words:" "Uncle Erkki's dirty pants!" "Uncle Erkki's dirty pants!" "Good!" "Then, ta-da, no spoon." "Where did it go?" "Look, how did it get over there?" "It's there!" "Anyone want bread with the soup?" "I could cut a few slices." "Of course." "I can slice it." "What a wonderful place!" "Thank you." "These old houses have a great atmosphere!" "Can I help you?" "No thanks, that's fine." "It's all done." "Where do you know Seppo from?" "Oh wow, I don't remember where we first saw each other." "Maybe at the University Bar." "But everyone knows Seppo!" "His writing is so fantastic." "I just said in the car that I doubt - anyone writes about our time as well as Seppo!" "Let's eat!" "All right then, help yourselves." "Salla-Mari, give Seppo some space." "Come sit in your own spot." "No, I want to sit here." "We'll fit here fine." "There you go." "Thank you." "A good day to you." "The same to you, thank you." ""Dear Saima!" "Greetings from..."" "The location has been blacked out." "How they bother to censor every little place name!" ""I'm doing relatively well, though I'm a little tired as I write this." "The Russians haven't slept much." "Causing a ruckus into the morning." "That is, until we went and put some of them to sleep." "Have you picked the potatoes yet and tilled the back field?" "And one more thing." "There's a lot of water in the trenches." "Send the new rubber boots with one of the men returning to the front." "They might make for a heavy package, but if not overweight - send them in a package." "Say hello to my folks." "Vilho"" "That's it?" "Saima doesn't need to read everything out loud to us." "She can leave the romantic bits to herself." "That was the entire letter." "It's like grand-daddy said, Vilho never sinned much with his tongue." "Boy's done well fore a quiet lad." "Landed himself a pretty teacher." "Was it his dancing skills that made Saima swoon?" "Wasn't it at the fire hall dance that you two first..?" "It was the spring dance..." "Thank me for that." "I taught my brother to dance when he was young." "I needed a dance partner to practice with." "Oh." "But now even dancing's forbidden." "They say someone got fined in Rahula for dancing." "I haven't heard anything more idiotic." "Oh dear, oh dear." "Since you gave me free reign, I was creative with local ingredients." "How's glazed moose tenderloin with a juniper berry sauce as the main?" "Sounds wonderful!" "That's what I thought." "I've grown fennels myself from which I'd make a frothy soup." "And smoked fish mousse or crayfish terrine to start." "Now when I get this to cool down - it'll be a good time to make the herb risotto " "I meant to go with the main course." "Uncle Erkki's dirty pants!" "This dyeing's still a hobby, but in the spring, we could buy sheep." "And I could feed them." "And then when they get old, you can eat them." "Seppo!" "I wouldn't eat all of them, just the dumb ones." "All right, you heard it!" "Dyeing wool thread." "That sounds cool!" "This place have fields?" "A potato field - and you could put a garden by the berry bushes." "You could theoretically make this place self-sustainable." "That would be a little like the John Todd arks." "Todd has presented self-sustainable units - where the majority of the sustenance is grown on site - and where small devices utilize wind and solar energy." "Wind power is still a little..." "On a larger scale - no "return to nature" movement can be a functional solution." "We can't turn back the wheel of development." "But certain jobs can be taken out of the cities." "Yes, it's very possible to do some writing jobs here, or..." "We should set up an ecological commune here!" "An alternative way of living for creative people - to live a more natural way of life!" "Where one can get away from personal possessions." "And the hamster wheel of capitalism." "And where people can practice spiritual growth." "Yes, why not." "A toast to that then." "Cheers." "Why don't you read that." ""All philosophers have spent their lives studying the blue space - golden specks of light, planets and comets, suns and countless stars." "And they've all asked:" "Why does this all exist?"" "So this is where you are." "You going to bottle juice with a book?" "We were looking over tomorrow's schoolwork." "Maija has helped a lot." "I'm sure." "Did you get those boots sent off yet?" "Which?" "The boots that Vilho asked for!" "Did you already forget about them?" "It wouldn't be odd if everything doesn't stay in your head." "Saima has a lot to take care of with the school, the house and such." "Thank you." "It's no wonder she couldn't remember everything." "But she's gotten all sorts of help with the chores at the house." "This shouldn't be a time to forget that your husband is at the front." "I just meant that..." "I didn't forget the boots." "I gave them to Matti Rönkkö." "His leave ends this Friday." "You can borrow that book if you like." "Thank you." "So you're turning my Maija into a book worm as well, I suppose." "All right." "Wow!" "When is that guest of yours coming?" "Please, have a seat." "You've got to be joking." "I don't know anyone else around here." "But I can't, you have your birthday." "That's right." "You can't leave me hanging on my birthday." "And I'm sure you yourself are interested in - finding out what this food tastes like?" "Cheers." "Yes." "And congratulations." "Not bad" "How old are you going to be then?" "Maybe it's best not ask a woman that question..." "Thirty-nine." "Really?" "I was sure you're younger." "Next year it's forty." "Then you can prepare me a real feast." "All right." "So none of this every day mush next year." "Then we'll make it as fancy as can be." "Back then I made myself believe I'd have a restaurant in 3 years." "Local gourmet fare from the purest and best ingredients." "Why did you give that up?" "You're young, you could still do it!" "It's not that easy." "Yes it is." "I'm serious." "Hang on to your dreams." "I'm the only son, and my father has his own ideas." "But it's your life!" "Yeah." "That's what Jenni also kept saying." "My girlfriend, that is..." "The one I split from last spring." "She's the one who did the leaving." "Jenni thought I should be a cook." "You see?" "!" "Uhuh, well, let's see if this is any good at all." "I'll say it again!" "It's not a damn coincidence that if we " "I'll say it again!" "It's not a damn coincidence that if we " "Look at the high level of art created in socialist countries - and compare that to what is produced in capitalist countries - which is just comics and worthless TV entertainment." "This has been discussed many times." "The possibility that art changes society is COMPLETELY marginal!" "There are two hundred thousand unemployed people in this country." "Think about Elektra, the band in East Germany..." "Hey guys." "This is exactly where materialists and communists go awry - when the solution can't be found in the economy." "Spiritual growth is the only option." "Soft technology's the only rational choice." "That's what we should learn from the oil crisis." "But what does a greedy mankind do?" "Replace oil with nuclear energy!" "Isn't that what you wrote in the University Students' newspaper?" "I have a broader series of articles in the works." "I thought you argumented so well what you said about wind energy." "Solar and wind energy are a very natural choice when we remember- that we are part of a greater whole." "Let's think about how..." "Uncle Scrooge is one heck of an exploiter!" "Erkki, our bottles are empty." "In India it was called brahmad, the living flame, occult electricity." "But from a primal aspect, it's an astral soul." "The masculine side is spiritual wisdom - and the feminine side... is the foundation of all life" "It gives a person this astral soul." "And when this time of Pisces - has given way to the time of the Aquarius, you know." "Hi Seppo, do you have an extra cigarette?" "You don't smoke." "I always feel the need to smoke when I drink even a little." "Take one." "Thanks." "Come and dance." "No thanks." "Come on." "Let's dance!" "Bad girl I'm a bad bad girl..." "No, let me." "You're the birthday girl." "You don't know how hard it is to live with a woman." "I think I know something after 17 years." "No, not as a woman yourself, but with a woman." "With a woman." "Who is she?" "My wife." "My ex-wife." "Yours?" "Now don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against you - and we're not hicks out here anymore..." "You just don't look like one!" "Well, I did leave my truck parked behind the forest there." "So she's the one who ran off with the younger girl..?" "I was just thinking - about the underwear you put in the blender..." "So they weren't just any old boxers." "Mainly black lace." "She didn't tell me, not even when her chemotherapy was at its worst." "Of course I should have realized..." "but I was wrapped up in my problems." "All my time I spent suspecting Eva reading her text messages." "I don't know, how can a person stoop so low?" "My mother always visited us in Stockholm." "She didn't ever want me to come here." "Always wanted to go shopping and to posh cafes." "Sometimes I think she didn't want me to come here - so her friends wouldn't find out what kind of person I really am." "So she could tell stories about her successful daughter in Sweden." "The daughter of her stories was so wonderful - that I would have been a disappointment in comparison." "What kind of mother wants an imaginary daughter?" "Huh?" "And what kind of daughter doesn't see here mother when she's dying?" "Tell me that!" "Sorry, I didn't..." "You pig!" "I pour my heart out and you just..." "Tuulikki!" "Oh Tuulikki Tuulikki." "You're so wonderful." "Beautiful and gentle." "I've always wanted to tell you that..." "Oh, you're so wonderful." "Are you listening?" "It could be a full-service catering company." "From weddings to funerals, gourmet and home-cooking." "You name it." "You could live your dream and you wouldn't have to go to the city." "But where?" "We don't have a place." "Our farm is a cattle farm." "The barn's been modernized to the hilt." "It would have to be an older place that could be renovated." "Like my place?" "Your place would be perfect." "The barn could be made the restaurant." "With a dance floor and everything - and the storehouse could house at least six beds, maybe more." "This kitchen is perfect." "We'd need to redo it a bit, but that wood fire oven is fabulous." "There you go!" "Unbelievable!" "We're solving each other's problems!" "You start operating a BB and catering business here." "Not so quick!" "I don't have the money to buy this place." "Buy?" "I'd never sell this place." "It's been in the family a long time!" "No, we would be partners!" "Are you serious?" "Let's make this the best catering business in eastern Finland." "Damn, are you serious?" "Do those three make up Orion's belt?" "Yes." "Then..." "That must be Gemini?" "You're a quick learner." "Now I realize why you were so excited about this..." "It's like it's from a sci-fi movie." "Isn't it?" "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" "Cool!" "Is it..." "Is it like they say - that you can feel pain in that arm - even after it has been amputated?" "Sorry, I didn't mean to pry about such things." "I apologize." "It isn't the pain..." "It's how I can forget." "It's so ingrained into my body that it's... whole." "Even now, I often fall out of bed in the morning - when I turn and try to support myself with my left arm." "Every night I forget - and every morning I have to re-learn how to be a cripple." "I often feel that something is missing that isn't visible." "Every morning " "I have to re-learn and accept what I'm missing." "I suppose it's best to turn in so we have enough energy tomorrow." "Good night." "Good night." "Good morning." "Where's my mom?" "I don't... maybe she's at the barn." "Can we talk about this...?" "Then talk!" "Well..." "last night didn't really..." "Anneli and I aren't..." "I'm sure you understand..." "Yeah, it's really clear." "Hey, let me take that." "Let me take that." "Good morning." "There's some coffee if you like." "I guess last night went a little late..." "I think I should be going..." "I've done some calculations." "It wouldn't be impossible." "What?" "What we talked about last night!" "Country retreat and catering!" "Don't tell me you were so drunk you don't remember." "No, of course I wasn't!" "Look." "I don't think we'd even need a big loan - if at first we renovated the kitchen and barn." "I did some calculations." "Have you figured out who he is?" "Not yet." "But I'll find out." "Oh." "How?" "I'm a researcher." "My job is to find out things." "Look here, I thought..." "Looks like my folks came to see if I'm still alive..." "Creap!" "Your parents didn't know you'd be staying for dinner." "Oh shit!" "No!" "They might think that..." "Don't worry." "I'll tell them women are more to your liking." "We could put in a dance floor and everything." "And then Salla made..." "Show them... some calculations." "Start looking at the numbers here." "I think this could work somehow." "Yes..." "We'll be there at about nine in the morning." "That's great." "Yes." "Thanks very much!" "Bye!" "They constantly need people at Karolinska Hospital." "I could start next month." "Think how fun it'd be in Stockholm!" "Would Seppo move there with us?" "Of course not." "Seppo has... other plans." "But he promised to show me how to do the spoon trick." "And you'll learn Swedish." "We'll get away from this backwater town." "What about my sheep?" "Hey Salla-Mari, did you hear what I just said?" "Your little horse would get to be back in its homeland." "Wouldn't that be fun?" "And the hospital will even have a one-bedroom flat ready for us." "Salla-Mari, come on!" "I'm coming." "The brightness of the stars tells of the joys of man." "The stars tell us of grief too." "Do you believe that?" "The consummation of the laws of life is written in the stars." "Poverty, wealth, love." "Only the stars tell of these." "You cannot have happiness if your stars deem it so." "The fate of all is bound to the twinkling night stars." "The consummation of the laws of life is written in the stars." "Poverty, wealth, love." "Only the stars tell of these." "From the dawn of time, man has gazed up at the bright night stars." "Even at the dawn of time, they were used to predict destinies." "Above and distant, stars cast down their ice cold light upon earth." "You cannot have happiness if your stars deem it so." "The fate of all is bound to the twinkling night stars." "The consummation of the laws of life is written in the stars." "Poverty, wealth, love." "Only the stars tell of these."