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These Boots ()
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Overview
These Boots tells “the Finnish history from 1952 to 1969” and begins with the birth of the main character (Mato Valtonen). This combination of a short film and a music video goes through the most important events of the main character’s life: from his school years to marriage, from the daily grind of working life to the routines of farming and his father’s death, ending melancholically in a scene where the main character gives up farming as it no longer provides a living. Members of Leningrad Cowboys play important supporting roles in the scenes that depict these events.
Length 5 minutes
Actors
Jaakko Talaskivi | Jouko Lumme | Mato Valtonen | Kirsi Tykkyläinen | Atte Blom | Anu Frosterus