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JOUKO: How was the journey?

LEEVI: It was alright.

There was a railway strike in Paris,

so I nearly missed my flight.

But luckily, I made it in the end.

When did you arrive?

I flew to Helsinki on Friday

You didn’t think to call?

I had stuff to do there...

I had to go to the library to find sources for my thesis.

What kind of sources?

So, I’m writing about this Finnish poet...

It's a comparative thesis,

Gender performativity in the works of Sarkia and Rimbaud.

Don’t you think you’d be a bit better

informed about the sexes...

If you just dated the opposite one?

Sure I would...

So when are you intending to do your military service?

It’s been deferred at least until the end of my studies.

We’ll have to see what happens after then.

But you have to do it!

I don’t know about that.

I may even be a French citizen by then.

Haven't you at all considered that

they might ship you to Syria or somewhere?

They don’t have national conscription

over there any more.

Hardly anywhere does nowadays.

Finland’s in great company with Russia and North Korea.

How's your renovation going?

It's difficult to make much progress on your own...

Who is the handyman you mentioned?

Yeah... Tamer... or Tareq...

Some foreigner.

From an agency?

Where else? I had to get someone.

Let’s get to work, shall we?

Get some good ones from underneath.

Are there good ones?

There should be.

Not that one; it’s totally rotten.

I’ll just put it to one side.

Okay.

This short one?

It may do.

Hand it over.

It is a bit short.

That one’s good.

These are the right kind.

How are things over in Paris?

Yeah, I’ve liked it over there.

We’ll have to see what’s next after graduation.

That one's a bit stuck.

Where are you living over there?

I live in the Latin Quarter with a few friends.

With a few friends?

What...?

What kind of people are they?

They’re course mates.

Are they...?

What nationality?

They’re French.

French...

That should do. Is there a hammer in there?

No, there isn't.

We’ll get it later.

Measure and mark.

- From the end? - Right from the end.

Do I draw across the entire width or make a smaller mark?

It’s up to you. As long as you know where to saw.

Will you be able to see that?

Yes, I will.

And the next one

You’ve taken into account the millimetre

that’s lost when you saw it?

The millimetre?

What an exacting task.

Yes, it is.

Did you find the hammer?

What's taking so long now?

What are these doing here?

Do you have to go digging through them?

Were you planning on selling them with the house?

I haven't thought about it.

I mean... Here are all of mum’s...

Your wedding photo is here.

Let it be.

I’ll bring these back indoors tonight.

Go ahead.

A swift, long motion backwards, and...

Like that.

Don’t you ever miss mum?

A bit more upright.

I'll go grab another one

Hey, look at this!

I said: over the old marks. It’s off by a centimetre.

Oh, yeah it is.

Remove it.

Yeah, I'll fix it.

It’s good for you to learn to do these things too

You might have to do renovations yourself one day.

This can still be used, right?

It should be okay.

There. Over the same marks. You can see where to put it.

- Yeah, here. - Like that.

Goddammit, these are sharp.

Oh fuck!

What the...? Oh, hell!

- I hit my finger! - Look at it!

The whole plank is ruined!

I'm sure I'll lose feeling in my finger.

It can't be used... We'll have the change the plank.

Do your own renovations!

I should’ve guessed you’re not up to the job.

Was the road in good shape?

I’m sorry, but I don’t speak Finnish.

Well, come and say hello, at least!

Well then...

Won't you?

Does he know what to do now?

I guess we’ll find out.

Doesn't he...?

He doesn’t know a word of Finnish!

I can't spend every day teaching him everything!

I think you did well!

How can you send someone like that?

He doesn’t even speak Finnish!

How would someone like that...?

Someone like that doesn’t know a thing!

Will you bring me some more?

Yeah.

I suggest you bring a few more at once.

Leevi, why don’t you go make us some coffee?

Sure, I’ll go.

Timo called. They’ve got a situation. I’ve got to go.

- Where? - To the office!

Will it be just the two of us

having to take care of the renovation then?

It seems to be going well; you’ll be alright.

Sure... this is just what I came here for.

I’ll be back in a couple of hours.

Yeah?

Overnight?

Yeah, we got it done.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah, understood.

Bye.

Well... How are you?

Yeah, I'm alright.

Have you been getting along?

Yeah, we have just fine

Ok, right,

if everything’s going well,

I’m going to have something to drink.

Wouldn’t something like that suit you too?

Sure, it would...

Doesn’t he appreciate having a job?

It’s a crappy job for him, doing this.

But he is paid for it.

JOUKO: What’s taking so long!?

- I found it. - Well, good.

Where did Tareq sleep?

On the sofa.

But...

There’s no bedding.

We put it back in the cupboard.

Right...

Well...

He doesn’t seem to live by the Quran.

What do you mean?

There’s a bag of empty beer cans in the kitchen.

We had a few beers in the sauna to finish the day.

We did the work after all.

Well it is good, the work is coming along.

The sauna’s almost ready.

I’ve got to get going again.

When are you coming back?

I don’t know exactly.

- Not today anyway? - Not today.

Well... I think...

I think we’ve got it covered here.

Yeah. Try to manage.

I’ve got to go.

WOMAN'S VOICE: It's closed.

Pardon?

Been closed for a while.

Okay.

Are you...?

You are...

Jouko Korhonen's son.

Yeah, Leevi.

You are...

Yes, Pirjo.

From the shop.

So...

You're at the summer cottage.

Yeah...

On a bit of a...

summer holiday...

Doing a bit of renovating with my dad...

Renovating...

Yeah. We're doing a bit...

of surface work.

Dad is trying to sell it.

Sell it?

Because it's no longer...

in recent years...

had much use.

Right...

You do look just like your dad.

A grown man already.

As a child you looked so much like your mother.

Sorry.

Don't worry about it.

So...

What is it that you're doing in your life?

You're working and...?

I'm studying... still.

I'm studying literature.

In Helsinki?

In Paris, actually.

In Paris?

It's now my fifth year... over there.

I should graduate by next Christmas.

If I just manage to get my thesis out of the way...

then I'll be pretty much done.

A thesis and everything.

In Paris...

So they all leave...

This is a workday.

We had to go to the shop.

What have you spent all your time on?

Nothing's gotten done here.

The surfaces are unvarnished, and...

...the painting is unfinished. And there are

even some planks hanging loose over there.

We've had some challenges here.

I shouldn't have hired someone of that sort.

He doesn't know how to do anything.

Doesn't know anything about building.

What the hell does it matter where he's from?

You might've been here helping us yourself.

What are you defending him for?

I'm not blind, after all.

You're fucking crazy!

It's because of people like you that

one can't live in this country.

Oh, so it's me who is at fault here?

How do you expect me to show my face in the village

after you two have been frolicking there?

The only thing you've ever cared

about is those fucking villagers!

Maybe just once you could've given

your wife a thought, or your son!

It was your mother who left!

Going to Syria, are you?

You do drive everyone away.

I know you blame me for your mother's death.

Do you think I don't blame myself too?