Miesten Vuoro Steam of Life

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00:00:49 Let me do your legs.
00:01:14 There we go.
00:01:20 Here....
00:01:33 For almost 51 years
00:01:43 That's good.
00:01:48 Do you want to stay behind,
00:02:35 Steam of Life
00:03:49 One thing I've noticed, boys,
00:03:53 and what women like,
00:03:57 Neck, shoulders, legs
00:04:02 That's our love story right there.
00:04:06 If I skip one part and
00:04:13 she will say:
00:04:16 Or if I think she's asleep, no:
00:04:20 Women are very particular
00:04:25 I think they call them G-spots,
00:04:46 That's him.
00:04:51 They all look alike.
00:04:55 He's smiling.
00:04:58 So adorable.
00:05:03 He's so small and weak, it's great
00:05:08 and see him growing every day.
00:05:13 I'll always remember the moment
00:05:18 and I cut the umbilical cord...
00:05:22 And I saw the baby,
00:05:29 They're home now
00:05:34 helping to
00:05:36 Now one dream has come true -
00:05:42 and maybe God will give us
00:05:47 That's right.
00:06:33 It's nice to go to sauna....
00:06:38 You were supposed to eat first!
00:06:42 Come on now!
00:06:46 Fucking hell, you go to sauna...
00:06:51 Cabbage soup!
00:07:28 Really insane stories,
00:07:32 things you can experience
00:07:35 Things like hidden family violence...
00:07:42 When you have a stepfather
00:07:48 I first realized this
00:07:53 We were at the cottage,
00:07:57 where the kids always play...
00:08:00 He told me that I'm not Kuosmanen,
00:08:05 I was seven then,
00:08:09 I thought of him as my father.
00:08:14 If you think of it,
00:08:21 When I got home from school,
00:08:26 and tried to look and see
00:08:31 You grow numb with it,
00:08:38 The most insane thing was
00:08:45 and a pillow was held over my face.
00:08:49 And the hypocrisy,
00:08:54 All was well
00:08:58 And the way it stopped for me...
00:09:03 I was drunk for the first time -
00:09:08 and came home,
00:09:14 I grabbed the guy,
00:09:18 and I was sporty
00:09:21 I had the upper hand,
00:09:27 He was screaming for mercy
00:09:31 And that was the end of it.
00:09:39 There's one more round here.
00:10:01 In '89, I had everything
00:10:07 I had a daughter,
00:10:11 but the child had no mother.
00:10:14 I was a construction worker,
00:10:21 She started staying over there,
00:10:25 Then this person told me I can't come,
00:10:31 Was your mother alone
00:10:35 My mother is married.
00:10:39 They adopted my daughter.
00:10:43 My daughter is also
00:10:48 That's why I'm up here in the North.
00:10:55 I didn't get info about her schooling
00:10:59 I had to threaten with lawyers.
00:11:01 We tried to negotiate,
00:11:06 I lost it totally then.
00:11:13 I told them to draw up the papers,
00:11:20 That's...
00:11:24 That's how we dealt with it.
00:11:37 Fuck, it still hurts.
00:11:52 More steam.
00:12:01 If only I could tell my daughter,
00:12:24 It's good that I can tell you.
00:12:49 Is it cold?
00:12:52 The sun doesn't warm much.
00:13:01 You want a beer?
00:13:24 It would be nice
00:13:37 We could cry together.
00:13:43 Would be good for her to know....
00:14:42 In 1983, my life
00:14:48 I lost my grasp of things.
00:14:51 I drank and got into crime.
00:14:54 In the summer of '84,
00:14:59 and got one year for it.
00:15:03 I drank and drank,
00:15:09 I went into prison that summer, -
00:15:12 and that started a spiral
00:15:26 Once I was crossing the street, -
00:15:31 I was high on drugs,
00:15:35 and I realized this is a part
00:15:42 Then I got an 18-month sentence...
00:15:47 I lived alone in my cell,
00:15:51 In the corner, there was
00:15:59 that served as a mirror there.
00:16:02 I remember looking into it -
00:16:05 and thinking that I'll kill myself
00:16:09 I had this lady friend
00:16:14 She came to the prison
00:16:19 "Pertti, what happened to your eyes,
00:16:33 One prisoner tried to escape -
00:16:37 by splitting his gums
00:16:41 I had taken amphetamine one night
00:16:47 I started working out,
00:16:54 and then called the guard:
00:16:57 I took a razor blade
00:17:04 and let the blood run into a cup -
00:17:08 and spread it all over the place
00:17:12 That's how they found me,
00:17:17 They hooked me up to an IV,
00:17:24 The guards caught me,
00:17:31 The warden put me into solitary,
00:17:43 In the solitary, I was permitted
00:17:51 It was a beautiful day,
00:17:56 I wore shorts, had a cup of coffee
00:18:00 All of a sudden, I saw
00:18:04 I thought it was beautiful,
00:18:08 The mug was blue
00:18:13 It was like summer.
00:18:15 So the butterfly landed
00:18:18 I hoped it would open its wings,
00:18:22 And at that moment,
00:18:25 Instantly,
00:18:30 was totally cleared.
00:18:43 At the end of February 1991,
00:18:50 When I walked into the log temple, -
00:18:54 I had this insight that the woman
00:18:57 And so this Anu Katja Johanna
00:19:02 I fell in love with her woolly socks.
00:19:06 She curled her toes
00:19:12 I looked at her and
00:19:18 Once I came back from a run
00:19:25 that if Anu is at the front door,
00:19:28 I went there,
00:19:32 I told her:
00:19:38 When I was young,
00:19:41 "I want a wife from Kainuu,
00:19:48 And my wife has brown eyes
00:19:57 When Anu took the pregnancy test
00:20:04 and she heard
00:20:10 it was just such miracle!
00:20:15 After such a life!
00:20:26 This kind of basic life,
00:20:33 this is the best I know.
00:20:37 I've always had
00:20:40 Now I have my family
00:23:36 I got married during the war -
00:23:39 and had two children
00:23:43 But then my wife got sick.
00:23:50 When she was still alive,
00:23:58 I always worried
00:24:03 I couldn't always get
00:24:11 My eldest son was there
00:24:16 "How can you cope with this life
00:24:22 But I just had to carry on, -
00:24:25 and you get the strength for it
00:24:36 It went on for five years
00:24:42 Then I was alone.
00:24:46 I sat home alone
00:24:50 and cooked whenever I wanted,
00:24:56 Suddenly I had this hunger
00:25:02 I said myself that something
00:25:10 My son came to visit and said:
00:25:14 "We have to do something,
00:25:22 "or else you will go crazy."
00:25:27 After my son told me that,
00:25:33 and went to
00:25:36 I found a nice-looking person there, -
00:25:40 I thought she would be nice company
00:25:46 I finally approached her -
00:25:50 and asked if I could one day
00:25:53 She said yes, and soon enough
00:26:01 That's how it started
00:26:05 hopefully for a long time.
00:26:07 We've had great companionship
00:26:12 She's a good person
00:26:16 and tells me how to do laundry
00:26:21 I'm living the best years of my life.
00:26:25 Well, her neighbors
00:26:28 when they saw another pair of
00:26:32 as she doesn't
00:26:36 How long have you been together?
00:26:41 Both getting older at the same time.
00:27:03 The police brought him here
00:27:10 They called and asked if there's room
00:27:17 I said there's always room
00:27:21 That's how our friendship started.
00:27:28 We went berry picking
00:27:32 At first, we should have picked
00:27:38 At one point,
00:27:44 so I took some branches
00:27:51 so that I could teach him
00:27:58 When we had caught fish -
00:28:02 we had to negotiate
00:28:06 He was going to take all fish.
00:28:15 "I will take these
00:28:23 Breaking things is important to him.
00:28:29 If you give him a car tire,
00:28:41 One Saturday,
00:28:46 He stayed to eat
00:28:51 We sat in the sauna for a while...
00:28:56 The doors started banging -
00:29:00 and he barged in
00:29:04 and came to the benches.
00:29:08 I told him I will throw some water
00:29:14 As soon as the steam hissed
00:29:23 I told him: "No, no don't go yet,
00:29:31 But no, he went outside,
00:30:08 Right, Juuso.
00:30:10 You were only a boy
00:30:15 A very little boy...
00:30:18 Left without washing, did you?
00:30:23 Yes, that's right.
00:30:34 The bear has become
00:30:39 It's an intelligent animal,
00:30:44 And it is a true,
00:30:54 Right, another one gone.
00:31:06 Juuso! It's broken now!
00:33:53 I keep going back
00:33:58 We still had snow.
00:34:01 There was a spring happening
00:34:07 I was playing
00:34:14 sledding down the hill,
00:34:18 She went on a pony ride.
00:34:26 Every time I went to get her,
00:34:29 "Daddy, I want to go home with you!
00:34:34 I have two cats, she says:
00:34:47 It's so wrong.
00:34:50 Think about it: You don't see your
00:34:58 How long has it been now?
00:35:01 Well, how long has it been...
00:35:06 I had just received
00:35:10 with all the visiting rights.
00:35:13 Not as extensive
00:35:18 As soon as
00:35:21 and the decision was,
00:35:27 that the custody was taken
00:35:30 Every other weekend
00:35:35 Nothing else mattered.
00:35:37 As soon as the process was over,
00:35:44 We were visiting grandma
00:35:49 we played together -
00:35:52 when my ex just announced that
00:35:57 This is now September,
00:36:02 I don't even know
00:36:08 The authorities can't do anything
00:36:14 I should go to court and get an order
00:36:25 And of course,
00:36:30 Her godfather, grandmother
00:36:37 They keep asking about her
00:36:43 Her grandmother is getting old, -
00:36:45 she cried
00:36:52 I told her I don't know the answer.
00:37:02 I don't mind suffering,
00:37:09 She's not yet three, -
00:37:12 she doesn't have
00:37:16 I think my daughter doesn't remember
00:37:23 That really hurts.
00:37:35 If only I could hold her.
00:37:38 If she would run towards me
00:37:43 "Let's go home
00:39:14 I remember my grandpa,
00:39:19 I used to walk to their place
00:39:26 Grandma was inside,
00:39:33 When grandma was in a bad mood,
00:39:40 and ask us:
00:39:44 He meant:
00:39:53 I asked grandpa how old
00:40:02 He thought about it
00:40:07 Time passed.
00:40:12 and grandma was either
00:40:22 Then grandpa got dementia
00:40:27 When we visited him,
00:40:36 but he wasn't interested.
00:40:41 When we spent quiet time with him,
00:40:52 where the end of the wood pile was, -
00:40:56 had it reached
00:41:02 After four years grandpa found out
00:41:12 He cried and apologized -
00:41:16 for not having chopped enough wood.
00:41:23 Afterwards, when I've thought about it, -
00:41:25 I realized -
00:41:27 that he wanted to chop enough wood -
00:41:30 to last until the end of grandmother's life.
00:41:39 That's when I realized -
00:41:43 how manifold love can be.
00:42:03 Pete, the oars are squeaking.
00:42:07 I do love boats.
00:42:16 When the Frog went a-courting
00:42:20 There's only one aha.
00:42:24 But where is he going?
00:42:29 What else will we take?
00:42:33 Sunscreen.
00:42:39 If I forget it, what will we do?
00:42:43 Then we put yogurt
00:42:46 What other clothes shall we take?
00:42:50 The bikini.
00:42:56 You know.
00:43:00 The plane flies high up.
00:43:04 Where's the sky?
00:44:00 It's getting cloudy.
00:44:03 What?
00:44:16 You should be honest with others.
00:44:32 Have you been the best friend?
00:44:35 I have been for a long time,
00:44:38 So have I.
00:44:45 I've never stolen anything.
00:44:49 You have to be honest.
00:44:54 My best friend.
00:45:02 All's well and in balance.
00:47:05 Interesting, this is somehow mild.
00:47:09 It has a lot of soul.
00:47:14 Light as the touch
00:47:18 The touch of a summer virgin.
00:47:22 Right after swimming in the sea.
00:47:33 I've been to all army saunas
00:47:39 from a battalion sauna
00:47:42 and in Afghanistan,
00:47:46 which differs from a Stockholm sauna
00:48:17 How have you recovered
00:48:20 I had to work a few weeks -
00:48:25 to get myself back
00:48:30 I tried to adapt to being back home.
00:48:33 Some bad things happened
00:48:38 My mother died
00:48:43 And you can't really
00:48:48 you have to concentrate
00:48:53 And you know,
00:48:56 I poured all that anxiety
00:49:05 What was it like when the Chaplain
00:49:09 If I remember correctly, -
00:49:12 my then girlfriend just called me
00:49:19 and told me to sit down,
00:49:24 Well, that was that.
00:49:28 The Chief-of-Staff and the Chaplain
00:49:35 The Chief immediately
00:49:39 for me to be on the next flight home -
00:49:43 so that I can go bury my mother.
00:49:47 Me and Jari Rankinen went to the chapel
00:50:00 Take a moment.
00:50:02 We lit a candle
00:50:13 I could have hardened myself,
00:50:17 and claim that I didn't feel anything.
00:50:20 But now that I actually felt something,
00:50:26 In a military organization,
00:50:33 is not necessarily a strength.
00:50:39 You can't show it there.
00:50:43 And Finnish men
00:50:55 I haven't regretted joining the army.
00:51:00 I can't say a bad word.
00:51:05 The man and the job
00:51:10 Will your son continue
00:51:13 Well... I'm happy to say he listens
00:51:19 Last week he cut his long hair,
00:51:23 But the signs are good.
00:51:27 His own words, said with a smile:
00:51:31 He has been
00:51:36 and thought
00:51:39 But we do it with a big heart.
00:51:43 Whatever my son decides,
00:51:48 If he decides that he won't
00:51:51 and it comes from his heart,
00:52:17 Happy Independence Day.
00:52:39 When they ask children
00:52:44 then you feel like saying:
00:52:51 Today there was one family
00:52:56 Then I wanted to hand out the presents,
00:53:02 But you don't want to leave
00:53:09 You don't earn your money.
00:53:25 Have you noticed
00:53:29 they offer you the best chair
00:53:34 But I have one family,
00:53:38 where Santa gets a servant's chair,
00:53:44 A bit like taking some distance.
00:53:46 They're so far away
00:53:53 Today I had a place
00:53:59 They cleared some space there,
00:54:04 I couldn't even get in,
00:54:09 And usually Santa
00:55:12 You know the Suzuki four-wheel drive?
00:55:17 How many people does it seat?
00:55:21 Well, it takes in...
00:55:24 About a dozen people.
00:55:28 Well, we were 21 in there.
00:55:35 Who drove it? How come?
00:55:40 It must have been a tight squeeze.
00:55:46 The only ones
00:55:53 are me
00:56:01 All the others
00:56:05 Like my wife last summer.
00:56:11 They first knocked on the door
00:56:15 Then they rang the doorbell.
00:56:20 "Who's at the door now?"
00:56:24 When I opened the door,
00:56:30 They asked if I was so and so,
00:56:36 They said it was about my wife,
00:56:44 I said yes, she's my wife.
00:56:47 They said:
00:56:52 "Our divers have just found her,
00:57:11 She's in Hietaniemi,
00:57:15 She had a good funeral.
00:57:21 I have to take it one day at a time.
00:57:31 She was everything to me.
00:57:52 I want to break a sweat.
00:58:07 OK, go ahead.
00:58:11 Are you going to barbecue me?
00:58:26 So where to now?
00:58:33 Downtown?
00:58:38 I've been on the Esplanade,
00:58:45 Oh yes.
00:58:50 No, I have a sleeping bag.
00:58:55 But how do you fit in there?
00:58:59 It's not that big.
00:59:03 I see, the big one.
00:59:07 Per day. So you recommend?
00:59:11 Indoor plumbing and everything.
01:00:33 So you decided to come here?
01:00:38 Matti asked me
01:00:44 I had no ties in the South,
01:00:49 I had nothing
01:00:59 Bit like me, the same thing.
01:01:04 A bit similar, yes.
01:01:10 And it's good up here.
01:01:16 It's about two years ago
01:01:24 And it's been going well.
01:01:30 Yes, your age helps,
01:01:36 Well, not too much.
01:01:41 They come and hug me.
01:01:53 One time at a work trip,
01:02:04 They didn't warn us
01:02:11 We were taking a plaster train
01:02:22 To the cement factory.
01:02:28 There was this guy,
01:02:35 He was waving a red flag!
01:02:38 I acknowledged it
01:02:42 He started running
01:02:52 Splash, splash.
01:02:56 He didn't get out in time?
01:03:01 I see.
01:03:08 I still have nightmares about it.
01:03:11 It was only about 10 cars away.
01:03:20 But their death was...
01:03:28 No suffering,
01:03:40 Later, I met one's sister
01:03:57 Shouldrt have said
01:04:04 Sometimes it's good to talk.
01:05:47 I don't know if you noticed, -
01:05:50 but for years, it was hard to see
01:05:54 Yes, I noticed,
01:05:58 Understandable, in a way.
01:06:04 You can't wish this
01:06:09 That one of the twins
01:06:15 When I saw other twin families,
01:06:21 And I couldn't accept my own feelings.
01:06:28 And even today, I don't want
01:06:36 But it has changed with time.
01:06:46 It's a bit corny,
01:06:51 I'm not a superstitious person -
01:06:56 but I keep thinking
01:07:02 and we got our second child
01:07:06 as there was a miscarriage first...
01:07:10 And then the second child dies
01:07:16 Feels like the figure 2
01:07:40 I had just commented
01:07:43 that we are given
01:07:45 And boy did we get some.
01:07:48 That was a normal Thursday, -
01:07:50 I had a coffee meeting
01:07:56 I left, Minna and the kids woke up,
01:08:01 The meeting took a few hours.
01:08:06 I went out to my car -
01:08:09 and listened to my messages.
01:08:12 I was a bit surprised -
01:08:14 at how many messages I had.
01:08:19 It was the third message....
01:08:24 A womars voice said:
01:08:28 "It's the answering service."
01:08:29 "Shall we leave a message?"
01:08:31 Another woman says: "Yes."
01:08:33 A woman is crying in the background.
01:08:38 The message said then:
01:08:40 "Please call the health center."
01:08:51 My first thought was:
01:08:56 "Now it's happening."
01:08:58 A strange relief...
01:09:00 I don't have to be afraid any more.
01:09:08 I called the number.
01:09:13 I told who I am, -
01:09:14 and they put the call through.
01:09:16 And Minna answered.
01:09:20 Then I knew Minna is OK.
01:09:23 I asked which one or all of them.
01:09:27 Minna said it was lida.
01:09:31 She told me what happened.
01:09:35 I started the car,
01:09:38 I thought I'll never get there.
01:09:42 During that drive,
01:09:46 That she's there, happy and smiling, -
01:09:48 thinking how she scared us.
01:09:51 The second one was -
01:09:53 that she was a vegetable.
01:09:55 I realized that if you don't breathe, -
01:09:58 the brain damage is immediate.
01:10:03 And the third one was: She's dead.
01:10:06 The mood went from happy to sad.
01:10:10 And then I just screamed.
01:10:12 I got to the health care center.
01:10:16 Minna is walking towards me.
01:10:20 She says that lida is dead.
01:10:29 There was bench -
01:10:30 and we sat down and cried.
01:10:35 Minna asked if I wanted to see lida.
01:10:40 Afterwards I realized -
01:10:42 I didn't want it at that moment.
01:10:47 When we go inside and get to lida...
01:10:53 It's strange, a dead child...
01:10:57 Does not look like herself at all.
01:11:01 I felt like...
01:11:05 That when the soul has left -
01:11:07 the body looks different.
01:11:10 She didn't look like lida.
01:11:18 Then they told us after a while
01:11:24 and the child should be taken
01:11:29 We walked her there.
01:11:31 There were piles of laundry
01:11:35 There was a little lounge
01:11:40 I couldn't bear watching it.
01:11:43 That they will put the child
01:11:48 An unbearable thought.
01:11:51 We went to see lida a few times
01:11:59 before she was taken
01:12:04 I could never go in there, -
01:12:06 I had to ask the staff
01:12:11 The thought of darkness and cold
01:12:17 She always liked warmth.
01:12:43 I always thought that life is ruled
01:12:48 and intellect and head.
01:12:52 Then you lose your child,
01:12:56 it's all pure emotion.
01:13:04 Very contradictory emotions, -
01:13:06 like when Minna, Roosa and Essi
01:13:14 That raises
01:13:19 I was angry at myself
01:13:22 a man should protect his family.
01:13:25 I let down my family.
01:13:29 On the other hand, I was jealous
01:13:34 I've talked to other fathers
01:13:38 about what we have learned
01:13:47 What are the options for boys?
01:13:52 Being silent and drinking.
01:13:58 When you think of the situation,
01:14:02 that you don't know how to act
01:14:07 You try to look for a norm
01:14:13 Later, you realize...
01:14:16 I was just looking for a way to act,
01:14:23 I had this surreal thought
01:14:28 I would want to scream.
01:14:36 When I was younger, I thought
01:14:44 I don't need help,
01:14:47 I'm fed up with it,
01:14:51 I want to share things.
01:14:57 Only now I understood that
01:15:05 Only knowing you are not alone
01:15:22 Sweetly the squirrel baby
01:15:30 Never reached by hounds
01:15:38 Safe in her nest
01:15:48 From her cocoon high up
01:15:59 After seeing so many fights
01:16:10 Is flying over her head
01:16:29 Oh to live happily
01:16:39 Squirrel nesting forever
01:16:51 Hear the song of the woods
01:17:19 That's where the furry cutie
01:17:30 Birds on the skies
01:17:42 Taking her to
01:17:55 This film is dedicated to Finnish men