Tero
13 October 2000, 17:57
ONE HUNDRED GENERATIONS at 4:00 (Finland, 2000) dir Markku Tuurna. Both an
>epic story and a moral film that makes us reflect on the future of
>both animals and human beings, One Hundred Generations is the first
>Finnish film to show the everyday life and work of fox farmers at
>close quarters, over the course of a year. The film looks at the life
>of 23-year-old Lasse, who wants to start his own fox farm. The young
>farmer wants to live on his own terms and work in the time-honoured
>fashion of the plains' people. Two brothers, neighbours who have
>farmed mink and fox for 35 years, share their knowledge with Lasse
>and their own children. This is a region in which the voice of the
>Green Party and those who live in southern Finland and the rest of
>Europe is not heard. In Finnish with English subtitles.
>
>FAIRYLAND at 5:15 (Finland, 2000) dir Claes Olsson. A biographical
>documentary film about the Finnish tango legend Unto Mononen. The
>selected documentary
>material, dramatized scenes, interviews and singing performances take
>us through the fatherless and rootless life of this great composer:
>his yearning and constant searching, the fulfillment of great love
>and his agonizing divorce, his alcoholism and premature death by his
>own hand. October 13th 1962 was the turning point for Unto Mononen
>and Finnish tango. On that day the version of Satumaa (Fairyland)
>that has become the most frequently played song in the
>history of Finnish radio was recorded. Today, it is considered almost
>the national anthem of Finland. In Finnish with English subtitles.
The Oak Street Cinema is located at 309 Oak Street, SE on the corner of Oak
>and Washington, SE on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota campus.
For
>box office information please call 612-331-3134. For directions
>please call 612-331-7563.
>
>Admission for each film is $6 // $4.50 (seniors and children)
>--
Call Box Office for other Nordic titles shown
>epic story and a moral film that makes us reflect on the future of
>both animals and human beings, One Hundred Generations is the first
>Finnish film to show the everyday life and work of fox farmers at
>close quarters, over the course of a year. The film looks at the life
>of 23-year-old Lasse, who wants to start his own fox farm. The young
>farmer wants to live on his own terms and work in the time-honoured
>fashion of the plains' people. Two brothers, neighbours who have
>farmed mink and fox for 35 years, share their knowledge with Lasse
>and their own children. This is a region in which the voice of the
>Green Party and those who live in southern Finland and the rest of
>Europe is not heard. In Finnish with English subtitles.
>
>FAIRYLAND at 5:15 (Finland, 2000) dir Claes Olsson. A biographical
>documentary film about the Finnish tango legend Unto Mononen. The
>selected documentary
>material, dramatized scenes, interviews and singing performances take
>us through the fatherless and rootless life of this great composer:
>his yearning and constant searching, the fulfillment of great love
>and his agonizing divorce, his alcoholism and premature death by his
>own hand. October 13th 1962 was the turning point for Unto Mononen
>and Finnish tango. On that day the version of Satumaa (Fairyland)
>that has become the most frequently played song in the
>history of Finnish radio was recorded. Today, it is considered almost
>the national anthem of Finland. In Finnish with English subtitles.
The Oak Street Cinema is located at 309 Oak Street, SE on the corner of Oak
>and Washington, SE on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota campus.
For
>box office information please call 612-331-3134. For directions
>please call 612-331-7563.
>
>Admission for each film is $6 // $4.50 (seniors and children)
>--
Call Box Office for other Nordic titles shown