Valkoinen taivas
White Sky
A glance across the border in northern Russia, where the small town
of Montegorsk suffers under the heavy metal from industry. Nature is transformed into a poisonous desert: in long shots the
camera probes the pale, skeleton-like branches of the dead trees. The small family, whose everyday life Helke and Suutari
follow, lives in a state of waiting: waiting for the next German car, the next medical examination, the next holidays. White
Sky exemplifies the artists‘ approach with currents of time flowing together: no one can say how long it will take for nature
to regenerate itself here; yet people live here in their own time, with their own individual wishes and expectations. (mp)
Tribute 2006
Susanna
Helke
Finland 1998
color
54
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Susanna Helke, Virpi Suutari
Cinematography
Tuomo Virtanen
Editing Susanna
Helke, Virpi Suutari
Music
Sanna Salmenkallio
Production
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