01x18 - Ennen lumen tuloa

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Part 18: Before snow
In November 1989

Hello.

Hello, hello.

So, what’s the neighbor
thinking about here?

Annikki is in the store
practicing for buying milk.

Aha.

So, is your trailer park ready yet?

Not quite yet.

And I doubt we’ll get
it completely finished in time.

But if it snowed now, there would be
electricity for about thirty or forty caravans.

Yeah, yeah.

So, how much are you planning
to charge for the caravan spots?

Will it be a yearly rent or a daily fee?

I don’t know yet.

I heard that in Paljakka, they charge 900
for the season and bill the electricity separately.

Yeah.

And they charge 50 per night
and 70 for spots with electricity.

Yeah, yeah.

So, you sold the cows too?

Yeah.

I hope you got a good price for them.

Ah, Annikki is here.

Good day.

Good day.

Come by and take a look.

I’ll show you the hill.

I can even buy you coffee and
a bun at the new café.

Yeah, yeah. Thanks.

I’ll stop by.

Well, goodbye.

Bye.

*Something in very bad German*

*Something in German*

*Something in German about two lifts*

What did he say?

Well, he still need to go to
Ski Sappee to install couple of lifts.

Ah, I see. It’s all good
here, just waiting for snow again.

*Something in German about
when snow comes*

No, not in January.

If we got a cold nights, we
could fire up the snow cannons too.

Yeah.

In January.

Erkki! Erkki!

Go to the café. The new kitchen furniture has arrived, but they
don’t fit in place, so all the work is at a standstill.

Yeah.

No, no. That won’t do.

I don’t understand what you could
possibly lose from joint marketing.

Well, I simply don’t have
any need for it.

And besides, no desire.

You should sell them
for your cabins too.

Of course, they need to be sold.

But we’re not going to
start campaigning just for that.

The two or three cabins I’m finishing will fill
up on their own thanks to that hill.

So, we’re not going to start marketing. I’ll
manage this season just fine without any campaigns.

So, you’re just riding along for free?

If that’s how you want to interpret it.

Oh f*ck.

Sorry, but I’m in a bit of
a hurry. I have guests waiting inside.

Goodbye then.

I let you inside.

Sorry, guys, for keeping you waiting.

No worries, it’s fine.

Risto Metsola was here asking about interest in joint
marketing for the hill and the holiday village.

Yeah, I heard he called the
municipality about it yesterday too.

Yeah, it’s obviously a smart idea.

But I’m not jumping
on Erkki Metsola’s bandwagon.

We’ll join joint marketing when the
whole operation is under my control.

You planning to buy the hill from Erkki?

Who said anything about buying?

Last time, you mentioned some paper you’re planning
to use to take over Erkki’s project.

Oh, that paper.

My great-grandfather’s sister married a tenant
farmer back in the day.

And that’s when Leppävaara farm was
carved out of Kaukovaaras land.

And this tenant farmer
took the name Leppävaara.

But my great-great-grandfather was a
wise and far-sighted man.

That’s this old man on the wall.

He was apparently known for being tough.

Even now, old folks still
talk about Juho from Kaukovaara.

A meticulous and clever man.

Well, he didn’t approve of
his daughter’s marriage at all.

And he didn’t trust that tenant farmer.

So, when the land was divided,
the deed included a condition:

If Leppävaara farm is ever
sold, if farming stops,

or if the farm is abandoned,

then the farm automatically
returns to Kaukovaaras ownership.

Is that for real?

How can such an old piece of
paper still have any legal standing?

Why wouldn’t it? We all know
what’s happening there right now.

Farming has stopped, ski lifts are being
built, fields are turned into parking lots,

Leppävaara farm has
become a corporation.

Well, damn.

And what comes to
Erkki Metsola's financial situation?

Well, I have work lined up for
these machines for the entire next winter.

And Erkki has to do the
work for me at cost price.

Now, if these machines
don't generate any profit,

and if the slope and the resort
end up making a financial loss,

then Erkki Metsola's financial situation will be on
the verge of collapse by next spring.

Hello, Erkki. There it is now.

Well, hello.

Well, is it good?

Of course, I wouldn’t
sell you anything bad.

Then why are you selling it?

Well, this fall, I'm getting two bigger
ones from Austria. Used ones too.

This one becomes surplus.

Yeah.

Well, if we make a deal on this,
then I'll have all the machines I need.

Now all we need is snow on the slope.

Everyone's hoping for an early snowfall.

But that's something you can't
make binding contracts on.

Yeah.

So, tell me, are you sure this
will hold up when the snow comes?

That it’s good?

It’s good. It’s a real snow machine.

Now I’m off to feed the cows.

Can’t Osmo do that?

He has no time, He's
covering for a teacher.

Yeah.

Wasn't he supposed to be
working at the university?

Yeah, of course.

This teaching job is just temporary. We
need every penny we can get.

Yeah.

Well, then, go feed the cows quickly.

Look, if you have animals, you have
to take good care of them.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, bye.

Bye.

Bye-bye.

It's a pretty good spot. It’s good, but let’s turn it a bit more toward
the road, so the rich folks see it and hand over their money right away.

There. I think that’s pretty good now. Yes. Good. Just put
some stones on top so the wind doesn’t blow it away.

Urja Ski's top place
will expand here.
Holiday resort
Kaukomajat (Kauko-cabins)

Good.

Here’s the curtain rod

Aha, yeah, thanks. Hold that for a moment. It’s getting late,
and I have to leave now or I’ll miss my flight.

Can you drive me to the airport?

Why don’t you stay for a few more days?

You know I’ve taken these days off from my
winter vacation. I can’t keep being away from work.

You can’t miss the opening
ceremony. Not with any reason.

The governor is coming, and everyone.

Yeah, just try to keep me away.

Listen, Jaakko, I’m a little honoured that the
governor is staying in our vacation cabin.

Well, why not?

Shall we name this "Governor’s Cabin"?

Isn’t that a bit too grand?

Not at all.

Listen, your curtain rod is in place now, and
I'm in a hurry. So we're leaving now.

Okay.

See how beautiful flowers.

When is Joppe coming?

Dogs are not allowed in the hospital.

Hmm.

Stigu, try to remember.

You are in the hospital in Kajaani.

Hmm.

And Joppe is in Parainen.

That’s a long way from there.

Hmm.

Do you remember?

Hmm.

If Joppe is coming tomorrow.

Dad.

Stig, dad is in Parainen too.

Dad will come for Christmas.

I’ve been thinking… that if I'd
took Stig home for the weekend.

Well, there aren’t any
medical reasons against it.

But…

Yes?

Do you have anyone to help you?

It’s going to be tough.

I’m alone, but I’ll manage.

Well, Stigu needs some stimulation.

He’s not getting it
here in the hospital.

His father would want him
at home in Parainen.

But I am Stigu’s wife.

And a doctor, after all.

I understand that.

But…

You do realize that Stigu
lives in his own world?

And…

Maybe he’d be happier
in his childhood home.

And…

Maybe it would help him
reconnect with the present.

I at least want to try.

We’ll see after the
weekend how things go.

Stig.

We’re going home now.

*Swedish* Home...

It’s right there.

Yeah.

Alright.

If I lift his upper
body, you take his legs.

From under the knees.

Alright, let’s lift.

Try to put the legs in first.

Watch you for the head.

Alright.

Alright.

It should fit well back here.

Should be.

Can you lift it by yourself?

Yes.

Was that suitable?

I feel like it was
probably a bit too short.

Let’s try there.

Yeah, let’s stick to what we agreed on.

Yeah.

Alright.

Okay.

Bye-bye.

Yeah.

Bye-bye.

Yeah.

Good.

Uh...

Have the plumbers been around here?

No, they haven’t.

We need to get the water
connection set up on that slope.

So we can start using the snow cannon
as soon as the temperature drops below zero.

Call them again.

Yeah.

Ah, the girls have got curtains. Good.

Hey, weren’t you supposed to
paint the board there?

As soon as you move those barriers
out of the way, it’s done.

Right, but is it finished?

It’s finished.

Oh yeah, speaking of the opening event…

Should we ask Jaana to take care of the
catering and everything else that comes with it?

Yeah, she likes doing that.

Hehehe, the hostess.

Yeah.

I need to go there. These look good.

Listen, no point going
there—Jaana went shopping.

Oh, there you are! I’ve been looking
for you all over the slope.

Listen...

Yeah, yeah.

So...

You know, there’s a huge pile of papers,
invoices, and other stuff we need to check…

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know.

Look, I could stay tonight. As late as
needed. My kid is at grandma’s anyway.

Yeah, sure. I’ll just grab
a cup of coffee.

So, what invoices?

No f*cking way.

*Swedish* A car.

No Stig, in Finnish.

A car.

Good.

Joppe.

A priest.

In Finnish.

Church.

What’s this then?

No Finnish.

Well, go then...

Shh.

No Finnish.

No.

Hallahdi pergi.

Thank you.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Hohhoijaa.

Well, thank you.

It was good that we got it
done, although it took quite late.

Yeah, it was.

I’ll take care of the rest tomorrow.

Would you like me to make some tea?

Well, it’s quite late.

Well, not so late? Besides,
my kid’s at grandma’s.

Well...

So?

Well, I guess I could have a cup.

God, it’s cold in here!

Hey!

Right now.

Yeah...

5 o'clock...

This is frozen solid.

Well, no surprise there.

Your grandpa was really right.
This house is poorly isolated.

You should make it to Leppävaara
today to get green fodder.

I should start on my university work. I haven’t
had time to do anything about it yet.

Hmm. Well, first, we’re
going to the barn.

Can't we eat breakfast first?

In this house, the animals
come first, then the men.

Bloody hell.

Good.

The Communist Party committees of the Leningrad region have together
taken a stand in favor of a multi-party system.

The Leningrad party committees include
over half a million members.

Leningrad wants Moscow to take
swift action on the matter.

From Moscow, Martti Hosio.

The Leningrad communists are concluding their
meeting with a program that…

ERKKI!

It’s frost!

Put the cannons sing!

I just can’t get used to the fact that I don’t
have to rush to the barn first thing in the morning.

I’ve been getting up at
this time my whole life.

Be quiet now!

The news is on.

The dismissal of the city committee
was clearly aimed at Moscow.

In the same spirit, the meeting also took
a stance in favor of regional self-governance.

How many minus degrees are there?

Quiet!

We should have gotten that pump working so
we could get water up the hill.

But those plumbers didn’t didn't
finish their job in time.

There’d be plenty of snow if
the machines had been running.

Where are you going now?

Up the hill, of course.

But aren’t you going to eat first?

I don’t have time now.

The porridge is ready any minute.

I’ll eat later.

This is such a strange place.

Can’t you all just be quiet when
history is being made on the radio?

Since we have to wake
up this early anyway,

we might as well take care of more cows.

You’re not getting more, are you?

Well, it’s something to consider.

Let’s manage with the
ones we have first.

I did some calculations—one cow brings
in a thousand marks a month.

That makes… in a year…

Hey, don't calculate so much.

Come help me.

I can't do this alone.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Alright.

The deal is, let’s go have
coffee at the new cafe.

They have hot coffee and
Annikki’s freshly baked buns.

Who’s paying them?

It’s on me.

It just feels good to have work.

Yeah.

I was unemployment for three years.

Got work twice.

For a total of one month.

Well, I didn't have
anything after that *something*.

Erkki, what do you mean by sending
me to the town for work?

I mean, the slope's snow work
also needs to be done.

Yeah, but that’s done with
regular tractors and snow blowers.

Look, the excavator has already been
used for so many jobs.

Our own tasks.

We have to do these every now and then.

And snow work is done when there’s snow.

Well, there will be snow.

On December 2nd, when the slope opens,
there will be snow on it.

I don’t want to be a pessimist, but
I don’t believe there’ll be snow by then.

Well.

Then let’s make a bet on it.

How much are we betting?

Let’s make a list.

Everyone guesses when the snow
will come here to Hoikka.

I mean the permanent snow.

Let’s put 50 marks in the pot.

Whoever guesses the closest
wins the pot.

50 marks...

I’ll put in a hundred.

Riitta, hey.

Bring a pen and paper.

It has to be real
snow, not just artificial.

Real, real.

By the way, let me tell you
right away—I’m not planning to freeze here.

I want electric heating.

No electricity.

No oil either.

If electricity consumption in the country rises,
industries will start building more nuclear power.

Whereas oil consumption...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I’ve heard that speech a thousand times.

You do realize we can’t
just freeze here all winter.

Of course not.

Exactly.

What if we got a circulating air stove?

See, the warm air circulates so well
that it heats up the whole house.

Like Jaana’s?

Exactly the same.

And then this floor—it
needs insulation somehow.

Come in?

Morning.

Morning.

I just came by for a bit.

Thought I’d come see
how things look here.

Well, welcome.

Sit down on the bench. Go ahead.

I baked these, brought some warm
treats—some pastries and cinnamon buns.

Thanks so much. I haven’t
even thought about baking yet.

Yeah, that's what I thought too.

Warm buns are my biggest weakness.

Every man’s weakness.

So...

I was just thinking... wondering
how the cows are doing.

Oh, they’re fine—as long as we're fine.

Well, I was thinking. I feel that... I mean, if you ever feel like you don't have
time, I could come and handle the evening or morning milking if you can't make it.

Yeah, thanks. Good to know.

This main room is just like Leppävaara.

We didn't have much more, when Antti
and I started after the w*r.

Grandma then moved to the
old cottage to live.

She couldn’t live with you, could she?

She could have, but she liked the idea
that every house only needs one mistress.

- Will you go for a coffee? - No,
I have a patient waiting, need to go.

Hello!

Hi Stigu. How did it go at home?

Thanks, all things
considered, quite well.

Yeah, home care is never easy.

If we had the same equipment as here in the hospital, it
would be a lot easier. Some people have even gotten some.

You're not considering, though?

Why not? If only
the apartment were bigger.

Listen, I'd think twice
before getting into that.

But you can't keep Stigu
forever in the hospital.

Well, can you keep him forever?

Hey Riitta, is Erkki around?

He’s probably by the lift.

Oh, he is. Thanks.

Erkki!

Hello!

I came to try the lift, but I
don't think it’s going to work today.

Well, it doesn't seem like it.

Do you want to go to the top?

I would.

Alright, just hop on and let’s go.

Do you want to drive?

No.

Hold tight.

Should we go all the way up?

No, this is enough.

Well, there it is.

The view of the hill.

Yeah, it looks peaceful.

If only it would snow,
everything would be perfect.

I moved back to Kaukovaara.

Yeah, I heard it from Eeva.

I filed for a divorce from Mauno.

He’s sitting at home now, drinking.

Did he get fired?

That matter is still pending.

He appealed the municipal council’s
decision to the provincial government.

But the appeal won’t go through.

Now he’s waiting for them to ask
him to come back to work.

A familiar feeling.

I don't understand why that man
can't just pull himself together.

I've been watching him, and I feel like I
no longer have any personal connection with him.

He’s just like one of the patients.

The only thing that still connects me
to him is a sense of duty.

Yeah.

What do you plan to do with
your life once this hill is ready?

Well, I’ll expand it.

We need to add another lift there and
get the hotel issue needs to get solved.

That accommodation problem, if it doesn’t get
solved, no more support will come.

I heard Kari was bragging to his friends that he's organizing
so much unprofitable work for the machines that you'll have trouble.

Damn.

I don’t understand where he has
got so unforgivable anger against us.

I don’t know.

Maybe he's just jealous.

But what does he see in us
that he would be jealous of?

He's involved in these businesses
too and benefits from them.

He's building his own
little cottage village there.

I wish I knew.

You didn’t answer the question.

What do you plan to do with your life?

Well.

Well.

This is life, right here.

That's not what I meant.

Let's head down.

What good food did you make?

These are carrot steaks.

And here's a soy-based sauce.

Go sit down, there's salad.

You're really hungry.

This is good.

Is it?

Yes.

Well, it’s good then.

Can you give me more?

Thanks.

By the way, can you make...

...those sailor steaks?

My mom used to make them all the time.

You put sliced meat
and potatoes in them.

Onions and pepper.

You can also add a bit of beer.

There should be meat in it?

Yeah.

Meat.

It has good colors
and a nice composition.

Thank you.

Good that it's fine.

What about...

What about this text?

Is this so unclear?

What text?

Well, this...

This here...

No, not this...

This is raw version.

Yeah, right.

Look.

This is what I ordered from you.

This is what I suggest.

Yeah.

Yep.

It’s like the northern lights.

Erkki, you’ve got a call.

What?

What does this represent?

This is a tribute to Van Gogh.

I see.

Where do we put this?

Well, at the end of
the road, by the lamps.

Good day, is it okay to come already?

Yeah, just come on in!

Good day.

There’s still a bit of snow here,
but the lifts are working already.

Well, where can I put the trailer? Are there
any electric sites still free for the whole winter?

Well, I think, I’ll still find some.

Where can I reserve them?

Well, from me for example.

Well?

So here’s the situation: you’re sending a machine
to dig the new cabin foundations I need.

Why the rush? There's time to
do it in the spring.

You can’t do it in the spring, the slope is
too wet. You can’t get up there early enough.

That slope is actually quite dry in the spring. -
I’ve got other work to do with it too.

I need to make a couple of
new junctions to the field and...

...drain the ditches.

Well, there’s a machine already sent that’s
making a road to your resort.

That is the municipality’s work.

If this doesn’t work this way, I’ll have to contact
an external contractor and send the bill for the company.

Send it if you want. But I’m not going
to pay it, don’t even think about it.

I quess you don't remember, that we
have this own-cost clause in our contract.

So based on that, I demand that
you go there now and dig.

Well, I won’t dig.

You don’t have any immediate need
to dig ditches for the winter.

Or build connections.

Or foundations.

These things are usually done in
the spring, as you well know.

You’ve come up with all this
just to mess with me now.

If this doesn’t move forward this way,

we’ll probably take it to court.

Well, we’ll go then.

We’ll drop the whole clause.

You don’t know anything about a
clause like the "unreasonableness clause."

Listen Kari, this is
one of those situations...

where I’m slowly starting to lose my
temper with your antics – and badly

Just get the hell out of here now!

I’ve got a couple of other projects
where you can’t apply that unreasonableness clause.

Well, read the Finnish law
if you have time!

And then the cookies.

What do you have over there?

Yay, the spoon cookies!

Yeah, those would interest me.
They were really good.

How much would 200 people eat?

Are you sure that’s enough?

Yeah. Well, I’m good. I’ll take a batch.

And nothing else.

Just that the orders arrive on time.

Yeah, thanks to you.

Goodbye.

It's so strange that even cookies need to be ordered
from the store, even though they are so expensive.

I could have made them too.

For two hundred people?

What number are we on today?

I haven’t counted them today.

You shouldn’t drink that coffe...

Listen.

Here’s some milk money for you.

What milk money?

The first electric cow has
been attached to the pole.

That’s the first income we
have under this new system.

Well, there was nothing wrong
with the old system either.

Well, no. We’ve managed
with it until now.

Yeah, I don’t understand
what’s bothering Kari.

That’s true.

Good day, Metsola.

Good day.

Good day, good day.

So, how’s it going?

Well, you know, over there in Estonia, there’s been such
a storm that even Brother Russian is still confused.

And in Czechoslovakia.

And in Germany.

Yes.

So, we'll just have to wait and see how it goes for
that guy. And we haven’t seen the end of it yet.

Well, I just had to ask.

The master of Leppävaara is right, we
haven’t seen the end of it yet.

Yeah, it was bloody when
the system was implemented.

And I kind of feel like it's going to
turn bloody again when the system kicks in.

If it kicks in.

When it kicks in.

Marjo, this has turned out quite cozy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, if only we could get some snow.

Otherwise, the bottom of the chest
will start to shine through.

Is there a reason to worry?

No, well, we still haven’t gotten
the startup grants or marketing grants.

Yeah.

But the bank loan money is almost
used up, down to the last penny.

Don’t worry, soon I’ll see
people everywhere. There’s no rush.

Yeah, we just need to
make efficient use of everything.

And get the most out of it.

I was planning to start
designing the next construction project.

Yeah, but we need to get
the loan set up first.

The Development Area Fund demands an
investment in increasing the accommodation capacity.

But the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has clearly stated
that no new projects will be financed for now.

So all investments go into
upgrading and improving existing facilities.

But this isn’t an old project.

Well, they consider it as an
existing project, so it’s considered old.

And improving the standard here would
simply mean building a hotel-restaurant.

It seems that the hotel needs to be
built if we want to expand this hill.

But it’s difficult as long
as Kari keeps hesitating.

But this isn’t about expansion, it’s
about getting this thing in shape.

It’s impossible to make it profitable like this
with only one lift while it’s still unfinished.

Look, Erkki.

It’s snowing.

Yeah, look.

Look.

Well, now it’s coming down.