02x08 - Karjalan kunnailla

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Part 30: On the Hills of Karelia.
In June 1992

Good day.

Good day.

The hosts don't seem to be
home, since the door is locked.

They went to the Isthmus.

Oh, right, a real homeland trip.

And there it is.
Ahead, the Vyborg Castle.

Vyborg ahead.

A city of joys,
sorrows, hopes, and disappointments.

And about 48 years ago, the Finnish
flag was taken down from that tower.

Yes, it was Second Lieutenant Eelis
Mäkinen who pulled the flag down.

Tassu, Tassu, not to mud!

Oh, little one, little one, you
got your feet dirty again.

Oh, Tassu.

Oh heavens, this dog.

Tututututu.

There, a moped is also coming.

Good day.

Good day.

The lady must be Mrs. Pohjanheimo?

No, Mrs. Järvenheimo.

Oh, Järvenheimo, of
course, my apologies.

I guessed from the dog.

I am Arvo, son of Iivari Vanhanen.

Good day.

Good day, good day.

I went to visit the
hosts, but they weren’t home.

No.

I heard they’re abroad.

By the way, who lives
in that yard building?

That's my brother Risto.

Oh, I see.

Seems like a rather quiet man.

He's probably lost in thought again.

He’s a bit of an artist.

Oh, so an artist, and
that kind of artist.

By the way, do you know when
Antti and Annikki will be back?

Probably in a couple of days.

Ah, well, I’ll come by again then.

Tell them hello from AIV.

Yes, I will.

Tassu, come, come here.

Come on, come.

Damn old wreck.

No.

Where is the key?

It wasn't in the usual place.
I need to call Jaakko.

It’s on the table.

Why did you bring it here?

It should be where it belongs.

It's a beautiful day outside.

Are you really sure they are suitable,
that it's not a waste of money?

Well, I'll have a look.

Antti, don't buy disposable drill bits. You
can get better ones from our store.

They're disposable, and that's that.

I know these well enough.

Mom, do you want a tablecloth?

Yeah, but look, this one...

I think white would be prettier.

White would suit our dining table.

Exactly.

This would be much...

How much does this cost, this one? How
much? How much does this cost, this one?

40.

40. You'll take it.

Yeah, and look, this is linen.

This is lovely, real linen.

This is probably good.

Now a guy just became to buy.

Madam!

How much is this?

40 marks.

- 40.

Do you buy envelopes (maybe)?

I'll take it.

And remember to buy you a couple
of cans of dog food for Tassu.

Yeah, yeah.

His favorite food.

Yeah, and vitamins too.

Oh right, the bag.

From the bedroom.

Yeah.

Remember to take the blue bag.

The big one?

Well, why didn't you take it
with you? You have the car.

Oh, you forgot.

Yeah, well, of course.

But remember now that...

You'll be at Paltamo station early in
the morning to pick me up.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, of course, I'll be on time.

I'm always on time.

Oh, darling.

It's so wonderful that
you're coming here.

It's so terribly boring here.

I can't even sleep properly
when you're not here.

I feel so terribly lonely.

Yeah.

Hey, listen, I have to go now.

Be on time, then.

Bye-bye.

Well, hello, how's the regional manager?

Sit down, please.

Not yet, not yet. Your
own spot, your own spot.

Good day. Is this the right place?

I have a delivery here
for artist Risto Metsola. Paintings.

The sender is Raija Metsola.

Risto Metsola lives over there.

Alright, thanks.

Does it bite?

It does. And it
especially likes postal workers.

Did you start to chug that beer again?

How many cans today...?

Oh, come on, Mom, come on. I'm just
having one beer here. Hot weather and everything.

Yeah, but you always promise,
that you won't take...

This is a beautiful place.

Well, it is quite lush.

A bit of the same kind
of forest as in Kainuu.

But worse roads.

You're quite a strange Karelian if you
can't find anything good about this.

I can find it, but you have
to look at things a bit realistically.

Well, you just look. I'll
use my own eyes.

Right.

So, manager Järvenheimo isn't returning
after his vacation anymore.

Tassu, wait!

Hello!

Oh, hello.

We came for coffee at your place,
since we have nothing to do.

I’m a bit in a hurry. I
need to go to the store, before...

...it closes.

Where's Liisa?

It’s over there in the garden.

Let's go see Liisa...

Hey, hey, hey. Watch out,
watch out, watch out.

Sorry.

I'll let you free a
bit. Don’t go too far!

Not going far, yeah.

How can you be without a
hat on such a hot day?

And just weeding the garden there.

This is actually an herb garden.

There’s lemon balm here, and over
there is tarragon and echinacea.

And I’m not weeding, I’m
caressing them with my thoughts.

They told to do that in the herb guide.

What are you doing
with this insane amount?

This is a small plot.
We’re trying out different species.

We already have quite a lot of red clover.
A big part of it will go for sale.

We’ve made an agreement
with natural product sellers.

In the fall, we’ll dry and package
these, and they’ll go for sale.

Natural products are incredibly expensive in
stores. You might even get rich.

Doubt it. This is fun work.
It always beats having livestock.

Don’t have to follow the clock.

So, how are you doing?

Thanks, we're doing well. Jaakko
is going on vacation tomorrow.

Are you going to stay
here the whole summer?

No. We’ll go back to the
city when Jaakko’s vacation ends.

You’re so handy.

You manage that so well.

Yeah, but nails are getting in terrible
shape. I have to go now.

So, bye again.

Bye bye.

Tassu!

Tassu!

Wait...

Hello.

Well, look at that.
How’s the entrepreneur doing?

Thanks, I’m doing well. And
how about the municipal manager?

Hey, would you have a moment?

Yeah, the council meeting
is starting, but...

By the way, municipal elections are in
the fall. Haven’t you thought about running?

No, I have enough other
things to think about.

Think about it, though. Men like
you would be needed there.

It’s better for me to just do
what I know how to do.

I thought since this Osmo Lampinen, your Lissu's
boyfriend is running as a Green candidate.

Oh. I didn’t know that.

But the Greens haven’t
got any seats before.

True, but times are changing.

Besides, Osmo Lampinen has a much better chance
of succeeding than Ronkainen has ever had.

Yeah.

What...

What’s your matter?

The municipality has that
empty industrial hall.

Could the municipality rent me
a small part of it?

Of course, preferably the whole hall,
but why would you need it?

For a workshop and maintenance
space for the snowcat.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, at least temporarily.

But if someone wants to rent the whole
space, they’ll probably take it from you.

I can bring it up as an announcement.

Nice.

Thanks.

Well, what else is going on?

I mean, how’s the
expansion project going?

Well, I’ve managed to level it myself.

A few stones still need
blasting, but it’s mostly ready.

Except for the lift, of course.

Right, right.

Let’s just hope that KTM
and Kera keep their words.

I remember they announced that no more money
would be given for new hill projects.

This way they’re only trying to
secure the operation of old ones.

Right.

It’s true that the future of our resort is only
secured by developing it into something competitive with Lapland's centers.

That's what it depends on.

Yes, of course.

Ah, here comes your brother-in-law.

Well, I have to go.

Yeah, take care. See you.

Goodbye.

Look, Erkki. Hi.

Hello, hello.

Are the slopes in shape yet?

By the way, have you heard
anything about the timber sale money?

Well, it’s been paid. Quite a while ago.

Oh, really? Well, where’s my share?

What do you mean, your share?

My share of the timber sale money.

Well, you have no share in it.
The trees were cut from Helena’s land.

You must have forgotten that in the
inheritance division, half of Kaukovaaran, almost half,

went to Helena.

Right, half of the land. Yes, yes.
But now we’re talking about woods.

And look, those woods, well. I’ve
been paying growth taxes for years.

And now it would be
tax-free income for you.

I say that my share of the timber
sale money should be at least half.

Ah, that’s not how it works.

That’s exactly how it works.

Well, I’m not going to get
involved in your and Helena’s matters.

You can sort it out among yourselves.
The timber belongs to Helena, not me.

Goodbye.

Well, soon we will come to
Kiviniemi and admire that magnificent rapids,

but before that, we’ll pass
the valley on the left.

Osmo! Hi. How are you, man?

Hello. Well, I went to get a
bike tire, but didn’t find it.

Well, it's nice to see you. I’ve
got a small favor to ask.

Look, a German group is
coming here in the fall.

They’ve booked cabins and everything. We need to
come up with some activities for them.

I see.

In the brochure, it said something
about untouched nature and all that.

Well, there’s plenty of that here.

Right, but we should arrange
guided hikes for the Germans.

Could you, hey, arrange a
hiking trip for them?

Look, you and Liisa could act as guides,

since you’re really good
with languages and all.

Sure, why not? It
could be quite interesting.

And then, look, if you could prepare some salmon,
coffee, and sausages and such at a campfire.

So you’d surely get paid for your work.

What do you think?

Yeah.

We should probably call somewhere like Suomen Latu (skiing
association) and ask how those trips are arranged.

Well, that's good. Shall
we consider it agreed?

Let's consider it agreed.

Good, good. I'm a bit in a
hurry, have to run again. Bye.

Bye.

Thank you.

Bags.

I quess that's your bag.

Is this about the Freedom w*r Memorial?

Here is a pretty bag for a lady.

This is exactly the same one that was
brought here from the ruins of Sakkola church.

This one was destroyed, the lower part is completely gone,
and it has now been brought here to preserve it.

Yeah, it's just strange that everything in
this world always has to be destroyed.

What are you thinking about here?

Oh, nothing special.

Or actually, I was wondering what Antti and Annikki
might be up to over there in the Isthmus.

Dad is probably all excited.

He must have a lot to
talk about for a long time.

Let's go visit Leppävaara.

Are you serious?

Yeah, I haven't been
there after the wedding.

I thought you don’t want to go there.

Let’s go right away.

No, this time no surprises.

But where will we sleep then?

You can't get to the Leppävaara
attic rooms with that contraption.

I’ll manage. Erkki borrows us the excavator and
then you'll lift me up through the window.

Now I get it. I'll actually call Erkki.

He could arrange us a
vacation cottage for a while.

I'll call right away.

Yeah.

Just come.

Of course it'll arrange.

Alright.

Bye.

Welcome.

It was Eeva.

She’s coming here next week with Stigu.

I promised to arrange them
a cottage as accommodation.

Oh. So it will be quite the
family reunion, since Heikki is coming too.

I thought I’d arrange the Leppävaara Ltd
shareholders' meeting at the same time.

There’s never been one before.

I've already written the minutes, and then
everyone else can just sign them afterwards.

Yeah.

Who’s this shareholders'
meeting for, then?

Dad and mom. They own half, 50 shares.

And then us siblings.

We each have ten shares.

Except for Risto, whose share is
split between Liisa and Lasse.

We need to inform Lasse too.

Yeah, we do.

Hey, what do you
think about Kari’s demand?

Could he actually be right?

Well, whether he is or
not, I'll find a way.

He won’t get a penny.

Hey, you decided to come already.

How did you get here so early?
Was your train ahead of time?

No, no. The train came right
on time. An hour ago.

It can’t be true. Time
can’t go by that fast.

Am I late again?

I’m used to it.

Besides, while I was waiting here, I walked around and thought about things
and realized that if you didn’t come now, you'd come in the evening.

Or at the latest
tomorrow, if you remember.

What’s new in Tampere?

Nothing special there now.

I'll tell you when we get to the cabin.

Hey, what’s that?

What’s that?

You were the one who told me to bring
this damn heavy wreck all the way here.

But I didn’t mean that bag.

That you were supposed to
take to the laundry.

There's the living room curtains
and rug in there.

Where’s the other one, the smaller one?

At the laundry.

w*r invalids and veterans of Sakkola, celebrating their 50th anniversary here at the
ruins of Sakkola church, honor the memory of those who died in battle.

While the youth association of Sakkola village assists and
supports the activities of these w*r invalids and veterans,

we are grateful for their help.

Today, we stand here at the main entrance steps of
Sakkola church, honoring the memory of these fallen heroes.

There are 200 men in this
area who defended Finland's independence.

- A car is reserved.

And...

...sacrificed their lives.

This group here, most of them are
the people who lived in this village...

Come stand over there, and I’ll
take a picture of you.

Go on, go now.

... here at
the blessing ceremony.

This is one of the events I
attended while on leave from the hospital.

Just enough to...

...make it to my brother’s blessing ceremony. On
that day, 26 fallen heroes were buried together.

Alright, here’s the car for you.

Good day.

Well, about that...

Good day.

We need to get to Haparainen village.

Haparainen village?

Yeah, Haparainen.

Yeah, I know.

Far, far away.

Well, how much does it cost?

Well, 300 marks.

300?

But it's far, and gasoline is expensive.

But I can be an interpreter on-site.

Aha.

For the same price.

The same price.?

Does that work?

Works.

We’ll pay.

Well, we’ll pay.

In cash.

But first, let's go to the new cemetery.

To see father's grave.

Are you here?

Kari!

Yeah, here we are.

Here we are.

What's the emergency now?

What do you think?

I want to know what
you really mean this time.

So, what do I mean?

Don’t bother, you know exactly
what I’m talking about.

You gave Erkki the impression yesterday that you
somehow have a part in my timber sales.

Oh yeah, but it’s no
rush with the matter.

Can we move this conversation along?

No, we’ll sort this out now.

You said, that you had to pay
forest taxes or something like that.

That's correct.

But that's not true.

You haven't paid the taxes, but rather the
deceased's estate, so you and me together.

Yeah.

When the deceased's estate was divided, I got
my share of Kaukovaara and you got yours.

And this house, we own together.

Yes.

Yeah.

But back then we divided lands.

Now we're talking about woods, not soil.

So, the deceased's estate has paid, you
and me together have paid forest taxes.

Now I'm just asking for my
share, half of the wood income

Aha.

Alright then.

Anyway, together we own this house.
That you can't deny, can't you?

No, I can't...

Well, you've used it for the last two
years. Wouldn't it be my turn now?

So start packing. We're moving
in here with Erkki.

Or I can give my share eg. to
refugees for free use. How about that?

No, listen here, damn it. Now don’t mix
these things up. That’s a completely different matter.

And as for the dairy money and all the cattle business,
according to your logic, I’m entitled to half of that too.

Oh really?

Damn it, no one can deal with you.

You should’ve figured that out
a long time ago.

And you won’t deal with Erkki either, so
you might as well stop with that nonsense.

By the way, about Erkki, don’t
believe everything he tells you.

He’s such a crooked guy, you’ll
end up in trouble with him.

Don’t start again.

His finance is also so messed up that...

Sorry.

Good day.

I didn’t know you had guests.

Good day.

Well, I guess I’ll leave right away.

So I don’t disturb you anymore.

Goodbye then.

Yeah, bye.

Sorry about the disturbance.

Would you like some more coffee?

This wasn’t a scheduled speech.

We believe you, but
it couldn’t be ignored.

I suppose not.

Well, don’t take it too seriously.

It was just some sibling quarrels.

Can I ask directly?

Of course, what?

Why the hell are you
always on after Erkki?

It’s true that his company
has large debts, but...

Up until now, he’s handled
his banking relations just fine.

Yes.

Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.

And Erkki is an alcoholic.

You should already know because
of your work that...

Drunks often leave things undone.

Especially if they happen to
be on a good bender.

But let's not talk
about Erkki right now.

I didn't know that Helena
owns half of this house.

Well, how one sees it.

Jaakko, why are you sitting so gloomily?

Come on, come swimming,
you'll forget about work.

No, I don’t want to
go swimming right now.

Listen, Jaana.

When we were talking on
the phone, after that...

Something happened.

What? At the bank?

Yes.

Something unpleasant?

You could say that.

Jaakko, hey. Let's agree not to
talk about work at all.

Jaana, this is...

Oh, well...

I quess it's better that way.

What do you think, that dad
and mom are doing in Sakkola?

I wonder if they've
found dad's childhood home.

So, what did you say?

Father’s childhood home.

Yeah.

This old gate was always
the way we came here.

And from here, the main path started.

Let's go through there.

It was by this tree.

The grave is here.

But someone else has been
buried over it now.

Yes.

If I put these flowers by the tree root.

Put them there, it’s a good spot.

This was where the Purpua village was.

I’ve been here many times.

Here lived one of our acquaintances'
families back in the day.

They had a son a little older
than me, his name was Sakari.

And when father left for the village, he often took me along
and left me with Sakari while he took care of his business.

But there’s nothing left here
now except for some foundations.

The house must have been here.

There probably isn’t anything left at our home
either, so it's really pointless to go there.

There are foundations in Hoikka too.

Well of course, we’ll go there
since we’ve come this far.

This feels quite strange.

But somehow so familiar.

Yes, this was the road
I always took to school.

And back.

I also left on the
evacuation journey via this road.

The school was there before, where we passed by, and there
was the Huuska shop and then the youth association house.

And on the other side, there’s
the home of Viljam Pylkäs.

That Pylkäs who was...

Like a role model
in the Unknown Soldier.

You mean as Rokka?

Yes, as Rokka.

Aha.

Yes, yes.

I don’t recognize that house,
I don’t know it.

But here it is.

Let’s take a look.

Look now.

Here is the Sakkola
co-op’s Haparainen grocery store.

And it's the original building.

Yes, when I was young,
the shopkeeper was Väinö Naskali.

Yes.

And later on, who was he?
A man named Rajasalo came there.

Yes, yes.

And he had two
unbelievably beautiful daughters.

Oh.

Yes, the shopkeeper always went through this door,
and the people entered through that door.

Where did the daughters go?

I don’t know, I was so young back then.

Yeah...

Yes.

And then there was the Turkkinen house.

It’s no longer there.

And here, here is the road.

And our house should be here.

Let’s take a look.

That porch was built later.

That fence is brand new.

But yes, this is
definitely the same house.

And that barn.

But the landscape has changed.

Half a kilometer that way, there
was a bend in the river.

There were incredibly
beautiful sandy beaches.

It’s definitely decayed a bit.

But yes, this is it.

Someone probably lives here.

Nice to meet you, he said.

Well, same to you, same to you.

Antti Metsola.

Well, I used to live here before.

And when I left here, I was 16 years
old, and that birch tree was that tall.

When he came here, this birch
tree was already that tall.

And now it is that tall.

You can go check it out.

What kind of house it is.

What is his name?

Fyodor Filipovich is his name.

Kukushkin?

Well, how old is he?

76 years old.

76 years old? He's a bit older than me.

What if I went outside a bit?

Yes, go ahead.

So, when did he come here?

1948. On April 22nd.

Aha, aha. That’s quite
over 40 years ago.

Even more than 40 years.

So, where is he from...?

Behind Moscow there's a city called
Vladimir. He's from the sub-urbs there.

Near Vladimir.

He was wounded on the front line, and then from the hospital, he was taken
and sent back to his home area to bring people to live int this region.

Aha.

That was his job, to
bring new residents here.

Yes.