A film about hope, the illusion of ”the good life” and the reality on the edge of Europe. The film´s story comes from footage of about twenty very different and somewhat original residents of Pieksämäki. The narrator of the film, a web camera on the town web site, monitors the events from the top of the tallest building in town.
Directors
Heikki T. Partanen
Heikki Partanen has worked as a screenwriter, sound technician, editor, producer and director since 1973. His documentaries have been given numerous awards. With the films "The Bench" (1998) and "Fathers and Sons" (1995) he won the State Quality Award. He wrote and co-produced "Earth" (2001), "Working Class" (2004) and "The Shepherd" (2004), a trilogy directed by Veikko Aaltonen.
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
He studied photography at the "School of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design" in Helsinki, Finland. He has worked as director of photography in numerous creative documentaries, including "Shadow of the Holy Book" (2007), which was screened at the IDFA competition in Amsterdam, and "A lone star Hotel"(2007), winner of the Finnish Jussi prize for best documentary.
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