Tuesday, March 03, 2020

Hope and health

This could have been so much more. Chinese Cheng and his son Nunjo are visiting Lapland, Finland, and thus the movie kind of deals with the most obvious cultural differences - language, cuisine, behaviors - imaginable. So much so that the assets of the film; the breathtaking landscapes of the northernmost parts of the world and the Finnish heavyweight actors (Vesa-Matti Loiri and Kari Väänänen) don't get enough screentime. Still, a warm and beautiful little thing of the magic of friendship and nature.

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