Film Screening 26th September, 2023

Sisu 

7:30 PM, 26th September, 2023

  • MA
  • 91 mins
  • 2022
  • Jalmari Helander
  • Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EMBASSY OF FINLAND

In 1944, during the last days of WWII, a solitary miner named Aatami (Jorma Tommila) strikes gold in the remote wilderness of Northern Finland. As he departs on his trusty horse, he crosses paths with a platoon of retreating, desperate Nazis. When they steal his gold, they quickly discover that Aatami is no ordinary prospector: he’s a legendary Finnish ex-soldier who will go to outrageous lengths to recover what’s his – even if it means killing every last Nazi in his path.

There may not be a direct translation for the Finnish word “sisu”, but Aatami embodies its meaning in his unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. Like a Nordic John Wick with a gloriously gory helping of tongue-in-cheek, Tarantino-esque fun, this film is a gold nugget waiting to be found.