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Sang finnois, coeur suèdois / Laulu koti-ikävästä
(Documentaire, Finlande/Suède, 2012, 90’, C, VOSTF) Kai Latvalehto, musicien, vit dans le Nord de la Finlande. Un jour il décide de retourner avec son père Tauno à Göteborg, où il a passé son enfance. Au fil du voyage, ponctué par de la musique contant l’histoire de l’immigration des Finlandais en Suède, tous deux revisitent “Despite having a successful career as a rock star as well as a fulfilling family life, Kai Latvalehto has always felt something missing. Growing up in Sweden and moving to Finland as a young boy he’s always had the feeling that he’s trapped between two cultures. In order to try and fill the hole in his life Latvalehto embarks on a road trip to Sweden with his father. As he starts to remember his childhood, his relationship with his father starts to irrevocably change as secrets from the past coming pouring out. Given its subject matter the film certainly has a resonance for Finnish and Swedish audiences and the subtleties of its exploration of Swedish and Finnish identity may be lost on people outside of those countries.” screendailycom “A father-and-son road trip morphs into a musical journey examining the fraught history of Finnish immigration in Sweden in the modest but touching docu “Finnish Blood, Swedish Heart.” The best film yet from helmer Mika Ronkainen (“Screaming Men,” “Freetime Machos”), the pic uses vintage songs to delve into distressing memories shared by many Swedish Finns, involving shame, guilt, crime and alcoholism. With its playful form and emotional content, this deserving winner of Gothenburg’s Nordic docu prize should appeal to the international auds that enjoyed Finnish sauna pic Steam of Life.” variety.com |