02x07 - Kohtalon hetket

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Part 29: Moments of fate
In late winter 1992

Don't put it there. It's
rubbing against the other painting.

Put something in between. Right there.

Dad, don't interfere with this.
I can handle it.

Well, it doesn't look like it.

Risto, I made you a few sandwiches.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Risto, here’s some travel
snacks for you.

Thanks, Mom.

Yeah, and whatever you can’t eat,
remember to bring it back.

Drive carefully now.

And if you stop by Tampere, bring
Liisa back from there with you.

Be quiet now, the master is coming.

On the way back, I
thought I’d swing by Tampere.

Risto, if you happen to see Liisa,
could you give her this card?

Yeah, sure.

Alright.

Mom, watch out.

Alright, now we’ll make
some proper coffee.

You should come have some coffee too.

Alright.

Hi.

Hello.

Here, take some money
for travel and gas.

Come on, take it.

Bye.

Safe travels.

Do you know what I saw last night?

Mm?

Kari was waiting for Laila Heikkinen
in front of the bank.

Mm.

Do you think they’re together?

Does Helena know anything about it?

She doesn’t know anything
about Kari’s business..

But if he’s fallen for Heikkinen, or
if Heikkinen has fallen for him,

then there’s more to it
than just a crush.

Well, I have to go take
Leena to the ear doctor now.

Urja Ski Resort, Metsola.

What?

No, that’s not possible.

We haven’t received such a bill.

You can’t just— You can’t do that.

How much?

Riitta, hold on.

Well, what?

They're calling from Kainuu
Light (energy supplier).

and say they’ll cut the power off tomorrow
morning if the bill is not paid.

Well, they can't do that. We
would send the invoice here first.

Yeah, but they say the invoice has been sent,
and that a reminder has already been issued.

No invoice has arrived.

How much is the amount?

50 000.

No...

Hold on a second…

How much do we have in available funds?

There's 20 000 in the account, and
then, what's in the cash register?

Well, how about this: we pay 20
000 today and the rest next week.

But you can't do that.

If you cut off the electricity here,
then you won't get anything from here.

Not now, not in the future.

So, 20 000 and the rest next week.

Alright.

Give my regards to Ylvänen.

Bye.

Where the hell is that invoice?

I don’t understand. And Antti brings
the mail here every day.

I gotta go now. I’ll be back tonight.

Well, our Liisa is a bit hot-tempered.

But otherwise, she’s a nice person.

And who among us in this
world is really that perfect?

But…

Should we ask her to come back?

She probably won’t.

Liisa does exactly what she wants.

Besides, I think she has
a new boyfriend in Tampere.

Yeah. Who knows?

Oh, you know.

But what if…

What if we should ask?

Ask who?

Well, Liisa.

She would probably know best.

I don’t want to pry.

I already regret even sending
that card through Risto.

And it would just turn
into a fight anyway.

But what if she’s
actually waiting for it?

What?

For you to fight for her a little.

Well, since our girls are all in
Tampere now, since even Eeva is there…

Yeah, what about Eeva?

Eeva has a temporary job
at the hospital there.

She’s staying at Jaana's
and Jaakko’s place.

They have such a big household, they say
the whole family could fit in there.

Good day.

Well, hello.

Hey, could you take 20,000 marks from the ski
resort’s account and transfer it to Kainuu Light's account?

And check the balance
while you’re at it.

Yeah. Do you have the invoice? That way,
we could see the account number right away.

Well, that’s the thing—I don’t.

Ah, well, let’s check from the computer.

Good day.

Good day.

Good day.

This is my daughter, Veera.

Oh, hello.

Hello.

Erkki Metsola.

Owner of the Urja Ski Resort.

Oh.

Veera has come here
for her winter break.

Oh, I see.

Well then, welcome to
Urja for some skiing.

Just give your name at the ski resort’s cash desk and
say hello from me, and you’ll get to ski for free.

Thanks, I’ll be there.

Mom.

The gas money.

Hey, can you give me 200?

Yeah.

Are you driving your own car?

No.

Mom.

Mom?

Mom’s car.

Here.

Drive carefully.

And remember the 80 km/h sign.

Yeah, yeah.

Nowadays, you can tell when you've last
seen your kid by your wallet.

Does this Veera, does she live
in Turku with her father?

Yes, she does.

It wouldn’t have made sense to move in the middle of
the school term. Besides, all her friends are in Turku.

*Swedish* Oh, damn machine!

What's going on here?

Man got a hit from a bottle.

Yeah, right.

How you're feeling? Are you feeling bad?

Feeling a bit better.

Yeah, a bit better.

Let's patch it up.

Yeah.

It’s a pretty clear-cut wound.

Eeva, hey. The crash
patient has arrived now.

Aha, well. Then I’ll have
to go somewhere else now.

I’ll be back in a little
while, please wait a moment.

If you could wash him
and get him ready, then…

Yeah, we’ll do that.

At Turo. Liisa speaking.

No.

Well, he was supposed to come yesterday.
I have no idea where he is.

Yeah, I’ll let you know. Who should
I say the greetings are from?

Oh yeah, from Kati.

By the way, who are you?

Aha. Okay, bye.

What you'd like to have?

Two chicken burgers.

With cola?

Yeah.

Damn it, Erkki. Are you struggling so badly with
the hill, that you're coming to the unemployment office?

Well, not quite.

That Erkki Metsola is one hell of a fighter. And honestly,
I envy him, because he's doing so well on the slopes.

The slopes are crowded during the season, so we could use
extra workers again. And this where you can find it.

There are always unemployed people in this country. At the
end of last month, there were modestly 303 000.

Should they have already been
in slope work before?

Well, we won’t find skilled workers here.
We’ve always had to train them ourselves.

It would be preferable to
employ locals first and foremost.

Of course, that’s what I think too. But
do you think we’ll find suitable people?

The kind who are willing to take
on two- to three-week temporary jobs.

And then up to three or
four months, until spring ends.

For summer, I have nothing
to offer, as you know.

Yeah, well, just for a
couple of weeks’ employment…

might be hard to fill, because then they’d
have to wait again for their unemployment benefits.

Depends somewhat on the pay too.

Well, you know I can’t
pay a good salary.

But from experience, I know that work is
always better than lying on the couch.

Don’t forget the waiting period.
It’s tough for many.

It’s strange—when there’s
work available…

But you can’t take it.

Well, here’s a list for you.

Find that kind of group.
There can be women too.

I’ll do my best.

Let’s get things rolling again.

Alright, thanks. Bye.

Bye.

Paintings
Visual artist Risto Metsola from Kainuu

There!

You're not planning to bring that whole
collection of crosswalks here, are you?

Nope. This is just a backup.

Yeah, but there's no way we're using it.

No, no, no, no.

It's awful.

Social and healthcare funding
keeps getting cut.

We'll see what comes of it.

I get that it hits you hard, but
the ministers have to get money from somewhere.

It hits every single Finn,
especially the poorest ones.

Speaking of health matters, have you remembered
to check your breasts every month?

Yeah, yeah. I'd rather
not talk about it.

Oh, yeah, I meant to ask—when are you
inviting us over to that Parainen manor?

It’s not a manor.

There’s more land and
fields in Leppävaara.

Oh, I see.

So, how have you settled in?

Do you like it there?

I just mean—since we haven't really talked
about anything, I've just been brooding.

We'll have time for that.

I meant that since
it's like Nils' house.

So, if I were living with
Jaakko’s mother, it wouldn’t work out.

Honestly, sometimes I feel
like a stranger there.

Nils is very nice and sensible.

But when two guys have lived together there for years,
every single cup and dish has its own place.

Sometimes I feel like I’d give a million just to live in a
tiny, sweaty studio as long as I could just be alone with Stigu.

I wonder, why Stigu
hasn’t called yet today.

Yesterday, when he called a second time, I almost asked him, "Are you really
that jealous that you need to check if Eeva is home every evening?"

But lucky I didn’t say anything.

There's been a hint of that lately.

Isn’t there going to be more people?

Risto isn't a celebrity.

Besides, it's daytime—people are at work.
There’ll be more in the evening.

Look how nervous dad is.

Thank you, Raija, for
organizing all this.

Lasse, I’m so glad you could come.
It meant a lot to me.

To the star journalist
and the future general!

Most of all, to
artist Risto Metsola’s debut!

Congratulations dad.

Thank you.

Wasn’t there any press here?

I saw one reporter from a local paper.

Yeah, the one...

The one you were talking to.

Yeah.

Now we just wait for the review.

I'm nervous. Send it to me
in Hoikka when it comes.

Dad, do you have
to leave already tomorrow?

You could stay in Helsinki for a while.

No, I have to go. Erkki
needs me at the hill.

Will you be looking
for our daughter then?

Yeah, I’ll talk to her.

Lasse, I hope you're happy with
your life and career choice.

Yes. I haven’t regretted
it for a second.

And I think even mom
understands me better now.

Right, mom?

Well...

The world changes. And people do, too. And
of course, a thinking person can accept that.

Your beliefs have been shaken up, too.

Don’t start.

Lasse, you should come visit Leppävaara.
Dad and Mom are waiting too.

Yeah, have to come.

As an old brother, you have
a word with your sister.

Well...

If she even shows up there.

Do you still have something left?

Let’s take another.

Hello?

Turo, where are you? I’ve
been waiting here forever.

This is an awesome thing.

Our drummer met some guy who had won a
hell of a lot of money from horse races.

And now comes the best part. We're
about to go to Playa del Inglés.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, don’t freak out over there.
This is an incredible thing.

I can’t just leave the guys hanging at
this stage. We’ve got tickets for everything.

Yeah, yeah.

This horse racing thing is insane.

I’ve been waiting here
for almost a week.

So now I have to wait
another week, is that it?

I don’t get it.

Oh, so now I’m being
uptight, huh? Yeah, I’m uptight.

No. I don’t understand. I
don’t understand anything anymore.

And who the hell is Kati, calling here like this is
her home and leaving messages for me like I’m some secretary?

Hey. Listen now. I never promised
you eternal vow of fidelity.

Huh?

Come on, come on. I like
you. Of course, I do.

I’ll be back in a week, and then I’ll
explain everything. This horse racing thing is crazy.

And do you f*cking seriously think I’ll
still be waiting for you then?

Okay, I’m hanging up now. I’m
kissing this receiver. Bye! Bye!

Kisses, kisses.

Oh, hell.

Hey.

Hi.

Eeva, listen, we have an emergency. Lehtovaara is
sick, and we absolutely need someone here tonight.

And also for tomorrow during the day.
There’s no other option but you.

I know you’ve been up all night,
but I believe you understand the situation.

Well, there’s no other
way around it then.

Agreed.

Eklund.

Eeva, hi.

We’ll be waiting for you tonight.

Yeah?

Oh, what a shame.

But if I call before I come? Yeah.

Well, send my regards. Tell that when I
come, I’ll have a whole three days off.

Yeah. Alright. Bye-bye.

Thank you, thank you.

So, uh...

Is Liisa Metsola working today?

No, she’s not.

Do you know where she is? I’m Liisa’s father, just
passing through, and I have some mail for her.

I’ll go ask in the kitchen. You can take
a seat, and I’ll come back with an answer.

Alright. Thanks.

Risto, Metsola. Come sit here,
there’s a free seat.

Hello. Long time no see. How are you?

Not great. - How so?

Things in this world don't always
go as planned. - That's true.

My life changed completely when you drove that
company into bankruptcy. You left the debts unpaid.

The newly built house had to be sold, and
then the recession hit on top of it all.

I didn’t bankrupt it on purpose.

It was Nylund who left the debts unpaid. He even
raised the price at the last minute of the deal.

Completely unjustified.

Business life is tough. You’ve
learned that too, haven’t you?

What did you gain from that bankruptcy?

I've heard that you and your brother
own a successful ski resort in Kainuu.

Where did you hear that?

The world is small. Everything
comes out sooner or later.

Now you’ve misunderstood everything.

I don’t own anything.

I can’t own anything.

Because of the company’s unpaid taxes, I am
a lifelong debt prisoner. That’s Nylund's fault.

Now you’re blaming Nylund?

Who was the one who persuaded us
old colleagues to join that company?

Who forced us to mortgage our homes
to secure our jobs? You did.

Many had to leave their homes because of
you. And many still have huge debts.

Excuse me, here’s Liisa’s address.
Send her my regards.

Yeah, thanks.

I have to go now.

By the way, why didn’t you ask
your bank manager brother-in-law for help?

That Järvenheimo is good at
arranging financing without collateral.

Alright.

You were here in November looking around a
bit, weren’t you? What was your name again?

- Kunnari.

What was yours?

- Väyrynen.

Alright. You can go help
Jarvi at the second lift.

Watch what he does, and
he’ll assist you then.

And in the evening, you can start handing out the
lift bars yourself. We’ll open the second lift as well.

They'll guide you.

Just remember to always say “Here you go”
when you hand out the lift bar.

Alright, off you go.

Alright. And so..

You can go with Risto to the ski rental. Take a look around there. And if
people need heating for their caravans in the designated area, just plug them into the sockets.

Hello.

Oh, hi!

How’s it going?

Oh, thanks, thanks. Pretty good.

Greetings from St. Petersburg.

Yeah, thanks, thanks. Glad
you could come.

Yeah, but just back and forth. I’m leaving for Sweden
tonight, but I came to check out the machine.

Alright, it’s over there.

It’ll take a while for you here?

Yeah, I’ll be right after you.

Okay, it's that one?

Yeah.

I'll be heading there.

Yeah, alright. Good luck!

Alright. And you can go to the café. There
are dishes to clean and other things to do.

Ask the kitchen girls what you can help with,
and then come to the lift in the evening.

You’ll manage.

Yeah.

They’re tough girls. But
they’ll guide you.

What did he say when he gave you this?

I don’t know.

I quess he just asked me
to give it to you.

Of course.

I feel like I inherited all of Mom’s and your
bad traits, and Lasse got all the good ones.

Don’t say that.

Seriously. I can’t understand why I’m still
so childish. Why don’t I grow up?

I don’t know.

Still, I did love Turo. I
guess he loved me too.

But it wouldn’t have worked.

I wasn’t the kind of woman for him.

Don't you love him anymore?

No.

It passed as quickly as it came.

This is exactly what I
mean. Isn’t this childish?

Oh, it was just a little crush.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

So, what about Osmo?

I’ve really missed him.

I’m scared to see him.

He has somehow changed into a
completely different person in my head.

That could actually be a good thing.

Could it?

Yeah.

Right.

And by the way, how
did your exhibition go?

Pretty well.

You don’t seem very excited about it.

I feel a bit guilty, too.

Why? Because of Mom?

No, no, I met a former employee of
the company, and he blames me for everything.

Maybe I was a bad boss, maybe
I’m a bad person, I don’t know.

What?

So, Heikki, what are you thinking?

How much does this machine weigh?

Seven tons.

And that’s half the weight
of a regular bulldozer.

Yeah.

But it has 320 horsepower, which is
twice as much as a bulldozer.

Which have 160 horsepower.

That’s a hell of a difference.

It sure is.

Then I was thinking...

Listen.

Can this...

Can...

Can the blade be widened
from this 4.2 meters?

What it is now.

The blade, you mean the dozer blade?

Yeah, the dozer blade.

Yeah.

To about six meters, for example.

Would the frame hold?

We’ll we can reinforce the frame.

And we can enclose
the engine compartment.

Right.

And what about...

What about compaction capability?

How can that be increased?

Bye bye.

Thank you.

So, you managed to get the
princess return from her winter holiday?

Antti, we agreed not to
talk about that anymore.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Where’s Heikki?

Well, they are probably in
the office with Erkki.

I don’t know what they are
up to. They are so secretive.

And Heikki is already leaving
back to Sweden tomorrow.

I don’t understand such a hurry.

Of course, you don’t understand,
you’re behind the times.

Look, now everyone has to be stressed.

Oh, Risto.

Since Erkki can’t find the electricity bill, you
haven’t happened to see it, have you?

They’re blaming Antti for losing
it during a mail run.

Well, I don’t think so.

It has probably gotten stuck
between some advertisement leaflets.

And then 2,700.

That makes a total of 30,700 so far now.

Look now, we’ll make a frame
here, a reinforcement like this.

There.

That way it will be much more durable.

I change to this.

Yeah, but shouldn’t it be straight?

Isn’t this straight?

A straight sheet won’t hold anything.

It has to be...

Let’s change it to a new shape.

45 degrees there.

Look, at those points.

Then it gets reinforced and it is...

Yeah, but isn’t there too
little ground here now?

Oh, here you guys are.

Oh, hi.

What on earth are you doing?

Well, we are designing some
improvements for the snowcat.

Oh yeah?

Turning it into
a multifunctional machine.

Aha.

Hey, there's a karaoke night tonight.

It’s the last of the season.

You could come and sing.

Me?

Yes.

Yeah, you sing...

Come on!

You used to sing at every
Christmas party and spring party everywhere.

Oh, I didn’t know you liked it.

He doesn’t.

Are those new earrings?

Have you bought new earrings?

No, they aren’t.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey Joppe.

Joppe, I'll pick up Eeva
from Tampere. Wait here meanwhile.

Bye.

Where you're going?

To Tampere. I'm gonna surprise Eeva and
pick her home, so she doesn't

need to take a train or a bus.

You think it's a good idea?

You know that Eeva likes surprises.

Turn it a bit.

Bye.

Drive safely.

Oh, Risto.

There's a letter for you.
Seems to be from Raija.

Raija has apparently sent
reviews for the exhibition.

Antti...

You haven't looked at your letter either. This is
from the Sakkola society. Shall I take a look?

Look, look. What's in there now?

They're organizing a local heritage trip next
summer. What if we went too?

I'm not going anywhere.

Well, of course not.

What? What is it now?
What happened to him?

Probably got bad grades.

But why won't he come to the phone?

Is he mad at me for something?

Because I couldn't come today?

Well, talking about it isn't
going to change anything now.

I'll come tomorrow. Bye then.

What's wrong with Stigu?

He won't talk to me.

Oh.

I don't understand.

But actually, I do.

Exactly.

You know what’s wrong with
you? And has always been?

You understand too much.

Well, I don’t see that as a flaw.

It is.

Look, Eeva is the kind of person that if someone was
cutting her throat, she’d still try to understand them somehow.

Jaana.

Yeah.

One does everything she can.

Works herself half to death and then still
lives without complaint with a disabled person.

Well, there’s nothing to complain about.

Hey, let’s eat now.

There’s plenty you’ve had
to give up, too.

Bon appetit.

You should just slam your fist on the
table and say this nonsense ends now.

Could I...

...could you pass the salt?

Here you go.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Wait!

If you want to sort out something, then let's sort
out! And not run away like some spoiled kid.

I’m not going to live under surveillance or
take accusations for things that aren’t my fault.

If you love me, then you trust me.

Do you love me?

I do!

Good!

I’m stupid.

Yes, you are sometimes.

And you haven’t even learned
how to argue properly.

I’m sorry for yelling.

I still think you
deserved a better lover.

Nonsense.

Risto!

Are you just lying here again?

I need you up on the hill.

They also called from Kirkkonummi and said
you need to pick up those paintings.

What’s wrong with you now?

Are you sick?

What is this?

What is this?

Notes.

You could at least be a bit
more careful where you scribble your notes.

Do you know what this is?

This is an electricity bill.

And since because of you, it almost wasn't handled in
time, it nearly shut down the entire ski resort.

I’m not surprised that if this is how you
ran your own business, you ended up bankrupt.

Damn it!