Summaries

Old war veterans meet a changed world.

Three old men, all diagnosed with terminal cancer, escape the hospital only to find out they have nowhere to go. One is a former Olympic boxing star, another a self-taught humanist and the third a scam artist and a former salesman. The third one leads the way, and the old men travel through Finland and see how they no longer belong to the society.—Anonymous

Three terminally ill war veterans escape from a Helsinki cancer ward to taste life once more. The men make their way to Turku to meet the daughter of one of them, now married to a rich architect. When they arrive, however, the daughter is off to the Caribbean and the house is filled with middle-aged men wearing tuxedos and young women wearing almost nothing. After creating havoc in this secret brotherhood ceremony, the trio slowly heads towards a ferry that would take them to Stockholm.—Markku Kuoppamäki

Details

Keywords
  • cancer
  • satire comedy
  • war veteran
  • terminal illness
  • son in law
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Aug 19, 1982
Countries of origin Finland
Language Finnish
Production companies Sateenkaarifilmi

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 44m
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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