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The Eternal Road (film)

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'The Eternal Road' is a 2017 drama film, based on a novel by Antti Tuuri, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film was directed by Antti-Jussi Annila and starred Tommi Korpela, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Hannu-Pekka Bjrkman, Irina Bjrklund and Ville Virtanen.

The film was edited and shot in Estonia in lieu of locations in Karelia. This was also the last film Lembit Ulfsak acted in before his death on 22 March 2017.

Plot



Jussi Ketola, a Finnish man, returns from America trying to escape from the Great Depression. He finds his country in great political turmoil. One night, Ketola is abducted from his home by nationalists and is forced to walk the Eternal Road towards Soviet Russia.

Cast



* Tommi Korpela as Jussi Ketola

* Sidse Babett Knudsen as Sara Ketola

* Hannu-Pekka Bjrkman as Kallonen

* Irina Bjrklund as Sofia

* Ville Virtanen as John Hill

* Helen Sderqvist as Martta Hill

* Lembit Ulfsak as Novikov

Reception



Jessica Kiang from 'Variety' gave the film a bad review and writing: "It's hard to warm to Ketola as the kind of hero who could warrant such epic storytelling. Much is made, at the outset, of his overweening desire to get back to his Finnish family. But then he has his candles lit by Sara, and suddenly they're in church baptizing their newborn (the religiosity of the inhabitants, in vehemently secular communist Russia, is another tantalizing avenue barely explored). And a title tells us this is only 1932, and so Ketola appears to have pined for his Finnish wife and kids for mere months, before establishing a new family on the farm."

The film was nominated in 13 categories at the 2018 Jussi Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (for Annila), Best Supporting Actress (for Sidse Babett Knudsen), Best Screenplay (for Annila, Louhimies and Tuuri), Best Actor (for Tommi Korpela) and Best Supporting Actor (for Hannu-Pekka Bjrkman).

Accolades

'The Eternal Road' garnered thirteen nominations, which was the greatest amount for that year at Jussi Awards. Kalju Kivi is the first Estonian in the Jussi Awards history to have won.

See also



* The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia

* Foreign workers in the Soviet Union

References




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