THE BLIND MAN WHO DID NOT WANT TO SEE TITANIC

SOKEA MIES, JOKA EI HALUNNUT NÄHDÄ TITANICIA

By Teemu NIKKI

VOSTAO - as CONS

Drama - Completed 2021

Jaakko and Sirpa have never met face to face, but talk on the phone every day. When Jaakko hears news about Sirpa’s declining health, he decides to go meet her in another city. It’s not the easiest decision, because he’s blind and paralyzed from the chest down.

Festivals
& Awards

La Biennale di Venezia - Venice FF 2021
Orrizonti Audience Award
Busan IFF 2021
World Cinema
El Gouna Film Festival 2021
Feature narrative film competition Golden Star Award
Ventana Sur 2021
European Screenings
Leiden International Film Festival 2021
Northern Focus
Noordelijk International Film Festival 2021
Thessaloniki IFF 2021
Hopen Horizons
Sao Paulo IFF 2021
International Perspective
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, Thriller
    • Countries
    • FINLAND
    • Languages
    • FINNISH
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 82 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Teemu NIKKI
    • Writer(s)
    • Teemu NIKKI
    • Producer(s)
    • Jani PÖSÖ (It’s Alive Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Jaakko is blind and disabled, tethered to his wheelchair. He loves Sirpa. Living far away, they have never met in person, but they meet every day over the phone.
      When Sirpa is overwhelmed by shocking news, Jaakko decides to go to her immediately despite his condition. In any case, he just needs to rely on the help of five strangers in five places: from home to taxi, from taxi to station, from station to train, from train to taxi and finally from taxi to… her.

      An intense movie, shot from a blind man’s perspective. An atypical action/thriller film about a man who has to go through hell to reach his loved one.