White Sky
Susanna Helke, Virpi Suutari
1998 - Finlande - Couleur - 54'
Photography : Tuomo Virtanen
Sound : Olli Huhtanen
Editing : Susanna Helke, Virpi Suutari
Production : Kinotar Oy
Distribution : Finnish Film Foundation (marja.pallassalo@ses.fi, +358 9 6220 3021)
Susanna Helke, Virpi Suutari
1998 - Finlande - Couleur - 54'
The family portrayed in the film lives in the Kola peninsula, in the town of Montshegorsk. Down the hill there is an enormous nickel collective combine. The factory spews forth sulfur dioxide and heavy metals day and night. The air is hard to breathe. The family lead an ordinary middle-class life in their cosy two-bedroom apartment and the family’s father work in the factory. White Sky is not just a story about a town in Northern Russia. It is a tale of modern values, of human dignity tied to work and productivity, and of our ability to accept environmental risks as an inevitable part of our way of life.
Photography : Tuomo Virtanen
Sound : Olli Huhtanen
Editing : Susanna Helke, Virpi Suutari
Production : Kinotar Oy
Distribution : Finnish Film Foundation (marja.pallassalo@ses.fi, +358 9 6220 3021)