02x03 - Eilisen varjossa

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Part 25: In yesterday's shadow
In the summer of 1991

Hello. Greetings from the wedding.

Thank you, thank you.

Whose is this?

Mine.

Where did you get it?

You don't get these from
anywhere. You buy these.

Listen, dad. I have a feeling,
like we've had this conversation earlier.

When I came home with that
tractor for the first time.

And now you should be asking, that
with what money I bought this.

Where I answer, that at least
not with Leppävaara Ltd.'s money.

Wasn't the Risto's old
one good enough anymore?

What was wrong with it?

Well, it was five years old and had
been driven a lot. That was the problem.

Listen, that car over there
is over 20 years old.

And it will surely last as long as I do.

Everything always has to be so perfect.

A car should be changed while
it still has resale value.

And this one isn’t new either.
It was a demo car.

I made good deals.

Well?

So, where is the young lady?

Unpacking those bags. I was
sent for grocery shopping.

Alright, let's go inside so we can
talk about what’s new in Tampere.

Well, don’t put too much then.

Don’t talk nonsense. Pies,
cheese, and bread.

Do you need some juice?

Well, a little bit.

So, Heikki was at your wedding.

Yeah, he was.

Helena could have come here too.

I could have congratulated her.

Mom, don’t put so much.
That’s enough for our breakfast...

Oh, be quiet. I know how much you eat.

Helena.

Damn wh*re!

Hell!

You think you're gonna get...

...away from me?

God damned!

For f*ck's sake!

I'm gonna teach you woman!

What's going on now...?

Yeah? Yeah, alright.

Nothing to worry about.

Try to sleep.

I dreamed that he came here with
a g*n like he's been threatening.

No, he's not coming, he's not coming.

You got magazines and some bill.

Oh, thanks.

Guess what I got?

Invitation for a class reunion.

At Hotel Tammer.

Well, now you get to Tampere.

I'm not sure, if I dare to go.

Of course you're going. It
will be good for you.

I'm scared.

No, really, it's been so terribly
long since I've seen any people.

Those guys I haven't seen
in a long time now.

Just blend in there.

The mail came.

Well, yeah, I see,
and home delivery again.

Do you have coffee?

Yes, I do.

I think I'll have some myself.

Are there any pies?

Well, what should I say to that?

You have some. I know it.

I think Annikki would scold me pretty badly if she knew how
often you come here for pies. And what would Eeva say?

Well, they're just fussing.

Dad, Mom is coming!

What?

Well, no, she's not.

Stay calm.

I just don’t understand why people always watch and count
how many pies or sausage slices an adult eats.

I would like to know
who is the one who...

Who has counted all these
fat percentages and cholesterol levels?

And that person must
have been really clever.

So, how did the
wedding go? Congratulations.

Well, thank you, thank you.
The wedding went well.

But coming home was another thing.

Meriläinen visited.

Help!

He came here too, and I tried
calling your phone in the car.

Well, anyway he was
rampaging like crazy there.

By the way, if that...

If the district sheriff calls,
tell him I'm going there.

Yeah.

Stig has been waiting for you
like a child waiting for Christmas.

Stig is here.

Stig, you have a quest.

Hi.

Are you going on a business
trip, since you have a suitcase?

Yeah.

Buying something blue.

And I need to go to the post office.

Look, I got a package slip.

For Tassu Metsola.

Sender: Jaana Järvenheimo.

So, really a package for Tassu.

Yeah, she’s sent vitamins again
and some toy, for sure.

Where is Annikki stuck now?

Looks like it's starting to rain here.

Have you been studying Spanish for long?

Ah no, you’ve been studying Italian.

Mm-hmm.

Well, not for very long,
just about three years.

I was just thinking of starting.

Really?

That’s wonderful.

Enjoy your food.

Thanks.

Go ahead and start.

Oh, how I love these spicy foods.

Really good.

Mm-hmm.

To be honest. When I make, for example,
salads, I use a lot more chili.

Much, much more.

Yeah. That probably fits well.

Hi.

Hi.

At least 2500 calories.

Oh no.

Yeah, that’s right.

But I couldn’t resist.

I was just kidding.

Good that I saw you.

Hey, is it okay if we
move the lesson to Thursday?

Yeah. Yes. That’s fine.

Great.

I’ll continue then.

Enjoy your meal.

Thanks.

Bye.

Bye-bye.

Oh my goodness.

My tennis coach.

Aha.

Absolutely wonderful.

I’ll take your word for it.

I have really been...

Very satisfied.

Hey.

Do you play tennis with your husband?

Yeah.

We’ve been playing for years.

Really?

Yeah.

For that.

You watch for Tassu while
I go to the store.

I was thinking of going too.

You can’t leave Tassu alone in the car.

Yeah.

Come here.

Yeah...

Good day, Antti Metsola.

Good day.

Have you thought about
taking up hunting?

Why do you ask?

Because you’ve gotten yourself
a hunting dog.

Come on, Tassu.

Let’s go to the... Let's go to the car.

Be good there now.

I’ll leave the window open a bit.

Be good.

I’ll just go to the
store and come right back.

Yeah.

Be good now.

So much is happening now that an
ordinary person like me can’t keep up.

First, Gorbachev was driven around.

He was led around like a fool.

Then he came back.

And then the whole system collapsed.

That’s how it was.

What do you say to that, Antti?

Well, yeah, things are pretty chaotic.

Now they even have the old flag
of the Tsarist regime officially recognized.

And there’s no Communist Party anymore.

Yeah.

But we still have one.

Yeah.

And Leningrad is now
called St. Petersburg.

Back to being St.
Petersburg, like before.

Antti, if Karelia were returned, would
you be ready to move there?

Well, I don’t really know.

I’ve spent most of my life here, and
I’m already so old that I’d probably stay.

Or who knows?

We’ll see.

And it’s probably not a paradise.

All those...

The destruction of nature and
pollution problems and all that.

How are you and Annikki spending your time in Leppävaara
nowadays, now that you don't have the animals anymore?

These days, Metsola is
mainly for hunting.

We do choir singing.

Annikki sings in the church choir.

And I handle the transportation.

Oh, there you are.

Hello, Teacher Ronkainen.

Hello, Mrs. Metsola.

Let's go now.

You left Tassu in the car, after all.

Well, it's there now.

Yeah, bye.

Bye.

Seems like Antti has
strict discipline too.

Yeah.

So...

What are these kinds of poisons?

What kind of strong k*ller
is this, this "Radar"?

Listen, Ronkainen, we have
such fly traps that...

Have you heard that Meriläinen
was arrested last night?

We don't even know how to play tennis.

We'll learn.

It can't be that hard.

You just hit the ball over the net.

What's so hard about that?

Jaana, my dear, those court
fees are ridiculously expensive.

I don't understand how
you've become so stingy.

You yourself said the bank
has courts and playing slots.

Don't try to get away now.

Well, yeah, that's true.

So, are we gonna start playing?

We're not buying rackets at
least, we're renting them.

I already bought them.

You must've paid at least
a thousand for those.

Yeah.

Oh, it was this close.

There you go.

Your cabin.

Yeah, thank you.

Have a nice trip.

Thank you.

This is a proper apartment.

Yeah.

There is space.

Hello.

Good day.

And your cabin is over there.

Have a nice trip.

Thanks.

Isn't it nice to have windows?

We can admire the night sea.

Think Stig, we're on our way home.

Would you like me to get
something to eat or drink?

No.

Let's go to the bar.

Which floor was it?

It's the 10th.

10th?

Aha.

I hope there's room with the wheelchair.

- Excuse me.

Oh, damn.

Why can't healthy people use the stairs?

You can't blame them...

That kind of thing is so annoying.

Nothing new there.

Let's take the next one.

Or the one after that.

Do you remember what song?

The one we danced to in Tampere,
the first time we were together.

Your memory has recovered very well.

Pretty well.

I don’t remember the wedding.

It's completely clear since it was
so close to that accident.

Just like all those events that
were close to your unconsciousness.

They've probably been wiped
from your mind.

Let's toast for us

For us.

Shall we dance?

Let's do it.

I wasn't serious.

I was.

Maybe another time, if that suits you.

It suits me anytime.

The atmosphere is like...

I mean, a new drink.

I don't feel it in my legs at all yet.

I'll go get myself.

Look at this now.

It's much worse than I thought.

Damn it, when I get my
hands on that guy, I'll...

You'll what?

Come on.

What did the district sheriff say?

Well, he's not going to prison.

Even if you press charges.

He’ll get a fine at most.

Or a suspended sentence.

Since his last one expired
a year ago already.

Let's hold off on
pressing charges this time.

And the fine wouldn’t help him either.

Nor us.

He's sick.

With that man, I learned
that alcoholism is a disease.

Yeah.

You’re the one who decides that.

When we move to that new area, we’ll be
able to get around in a whole different way.

Could I get a little bedside care?

How about a kiss?

Yeah.

How will you put up with me?

Stop that self-pity.

Putting up with you has
nothing to do with this.

How long will you put up with me?

What?

Answer, you fool.

Besides. You can shave this
beard tomorrow. It pricks.

Oh damn, I’ve missed you.

Hi Erkki, what’s up?

Hello, hello.

Well...

Same old.

Doing maintenance work?

Well, a little bit.

And that snowcat? Will
it last another season?

It should.

It’s an expensive machine.

Probably a million.

Over a million new.

And there it sits unused
for half the year.

Yeah, if you really think about it,
the operating hours get pretty expensive.

Yeah.

But that's how the whole business is.

Hotel, restaurants, service buildings,
the whole slope.

All unused during the off-season.

Yeah, I was thinking once that maybe you should keep the restaurant
open a couple of days a week even before the season starts.

It’d be nice for the locals since there's
not even a proper dance hall around here.

That’s what you've been thinking?

Not a bad idea.

Nine.

Ten.

Jaana.

Eleven.

Hey...

Is that workout really necessary?

How do you think I can
keep my body in shape?

Fourteen.

Fifteen.

I'm heading back to the bank now.

And don’t forget, I
have that meeting tonight.

It might run pretty late.

Seventeen.

Eighteen.

Nineteen.

Twenty.

I built a porch like this on this side.

And these kinds of ramps.

Well, you really thought of everything.

This way, it's easier to move
around with a rolling chair.

Rolling chair? It's not a rolling chair.

Well, what then?

It’s a wheelchair in Finnish.

Well, a wheelchair.

The old stairs would
have been too steep.

Move away, Joppe.

*Swedish* Joppe, move to
the side or something.

Let me help you.

No, you don't need to.

I can help you.

I'll manage myself.

I'll manage myself!

Yeah, and this room
I've prepared for you.

Just change it the way you want.

No, this is nice.

Thank you, Nils.

Hey, dad!

Well?

You even got a computer here.

Yeah.

I thought about it when
you mentioned it back then.

If it could bring some joy.

And Eeva might need it sometimes too.

Yeah, of course.

By the way, this is exactly the same
kind of computer that was in Sweden.

This was expensive. Thanks dad.

It should have the same program
as the one in Stockholm now.

Yeah.

Otherwise, I don’t understand
anything about those programs.

Well, I'll teach you.

Well, you can always get more if needed.

Let's try right away and
see what's in there.

Yeah, let's do that.

Eeva.

Let's go make some food.

Yeah, let's go.

So, Stig actually has two completely separate conditions,
even though they both came from that accident.

What do you mean, two?

Well, paralysis and a brain injury.

You can’t recover from paralysis, but you can
rehabilitate quite well from a brain injury.

But Stig might have some pretty bad
depressive episodes and memory loss still.

What about rehabilitation?

If there are any fitness devices
that could help, let me know.

I’ll try to get them.

Well, Stig is
going through rehabilitation.

Actually, our most important role
is on the mental side.

When the mind is engaged
in life, the body follows.

That’s why the computer was
a really brilliant idea.

Eeva.

You have no idea how much
it relieves me that you're here.

We'll manage.

As long as I can still get
a job, everything will be fine.

Have you already talked
to Stig about that?

We haven't really had much of a
chance to talk about the future yet.

How so?

I was just thinking...

Hey, that little table will
stay in the hallway.

How so?

You don’t leave the
phone in the hallway.

How are you supposed to
take work calls here?

Sitting on the floor or under
the coat rack, or how?

The phone belongs in the hallway.

We’re not going to spread out files
all over the living room couch.

God damned.

Where then?

Here, thank you.

So should I put these spoons
in the bathroom or where exactly?

Why did you stroke it
there? I’m right here.

I mean...

Listen, I don’t feel like it anymore.

Don’t throw that expensive racket
around. It’ll get ruined.

It’s like you don’t even understand
the nature of the game.

Listen, I know exactly what
this game is about.

I’m tired. I’m going
to the dressing room.

Don’t stay in there too
long teasing your hair.

I’ll be waiting for you by the car.

I have the Jesus' capability to explain motivation
when I see that the analysis is flawed.

But what if you don’t see it?

I do see it.

Kisse has X-ray vision.

Yes, I do, damn it.

So, how are you doing?

Where are you studying?

I’m not studying anywhere.

What are you doing then?

I haven’t seen you around here either.

Well, I’ve been out in
the countryside a bit.

Oh really? Where exactly? - Out
in the countryside, didn’t you hear?

Alternative people are so imprecise.

Don’t mind Kisse. She always
gets nasty when she’s drunk.

So, have you actually
moved to the countryside?

Like, as a farmer?
- Yeah.

To Hoikka. It's in Kainuu.

I was indeed thinking, how it
smells like cow sh*t here.

What now?

Liisa! Hi!

How’s Turo?
- How am I? Nothing special.

Going for a refill.

Come stop by at our table.
- Yeah.

Okay.

Should you call Eeva or something today?

What can Eeva do about
this? Besides, she's in Parainen.

This is what I’ve been afraid of for all
these three years. I knew it would come again.

Why me?

Don’t say that, Jaana
darling. You never know.

You do know. What’s the
point of this life?

Cancer, cancer, cancer. Today,
tomorrow, next year.

Always having to fear and wait, what’s the
meaning of life when it's like this?

Sweetheart.

I don’t want to die.

Turo went milking or what?

Hey, Liisa. Wait.

God damn Anna. Had to listen
to all those idiotisms all evening.

For some reason, she
has always hated me.

Don’t care about such nonsense.

That’s just stupid jokes.

By the way, where are you going?

Or, I mean, where are you
staying here for the night?

My aunt and her husband live here.

I should call there. What time is it?

It's just a little over...
Just a little over eleven.

Hey, now I know.

Come with me to visit a place together.

What?

Come visit a place with me.

I don’t know.

I should...

What?

Is it far?

It’s just right nearby.

I’ll offer a cider.

Okay?

Alright.

I’ll have a cognac.

It helps you sleep better.

Will you have some, Eeva?

Well.

I could actually have one
small one. Thank you.

One small one now
and then isn’t dangerous.

Or what does the doctor say?

Well, not one small one
and not now and then.

What about Stig?

Will you have a nightcap?

Aha.

I think we don’t need any more here.

Thank you! We're having a break.

I'm completely drunk.

Does it matter?

Does it make any difference?

Not at all.

Quite nice. I probably haven’t had
this much in two years.

Do you know what?

You are the most soulful woman
the earth has ever had.

Oh really? What does that even mean?

It means that...

You are edible.

Stop it.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...

Carefully.

Hey, you know what? I’ve
forgotten to call Jaana.

Now she’ll k*ll me.

Hey. Come callfrom my place.

20 meters.

No.

Okay, come.

Well, yeah.

Op, op, op, op, op!

Help!

Terrible.

Terrible.

I have to call, I have to call.

Terrible, terrible, terrible!