Up close is far away.
Jussi, a young man in his twenties, has lived in Lapland for his entire life.
After the family's reindeers are sold, he cannot find a new direction for his life.
He blames his older brother, who has moved South to follow his studies, for
abandoning the traditional way of living. Old resentments surface
when the brother visits home.
| DIRECTOR | Hanna Bergholm |
| SCRIPT | Laura Immonen |
| PRODUCERS | Ari Lehtola and Aleksi Hyvärinen |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Sari Aaltonen |
| SOUND | Mika Niinimaa |
| EDITING | Miia Jonkka, Hanna Kuirinlahti, Annukka Lilja and Jerem Tonteri |
| SET DESIGN | Maiju Loukola |
| MAIN CAST: | Sami Kuosku, Antti Luusuaniemi, Merja Mettiäinen |
| PRODUCTION: | Midnight Sun Film Centre in co-production with the University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH, Department of Film and Television and YLE Co-productions |
| GENRE | Fiction |
| YEAR OF PRODUCTION | 2005 |
| COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION | Finland |
| DURATION OF THE FILM | 29 min. |
| SHOOTING FORMAT | S16 mm |
| SCREENING FORMAT | Digibeta PAL |
| SOUND | Dolby SR |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | Finnish |
| SUBTITLED IN | English |
The original script for the film was developed through the scriptwriting contest ”My Lapland” of the Regional Council of Lapland. The principal crew consists mainly of students from the University of Art and Design Helsinki, UIAH, Department of Film and Television.
