Yrittäjä
Entrepreneur
In Yrittäjä treffen zwei Arbeitswelten in Finnland aufeinander, die kaum unterschiedlicher sein könnten. In Helsinki stampfen zwei junge Frauen in kürzester Zeit eine Firma samt Fabrik aus dem Boden und planen mit einem neu entwickelten Fleischersatzprodukt China und den Weltmarkt zu erobern. Währenddessen kämpft in der Provinz eine Familie ums finanzielle Überleben - im Winter verkaufen sie Fleisch mit einem Imbisswagen, im Sommer fahren sie als Schausteller von Jahrmarkt zu Jahrmarkt. Ein visuell bestechendes Porträt, das mit einem Hauch von Poesie, einer Portion Absurdität und außergewöhnlichem Einsatz von Filmmusik fast surreal anmutet. (Katharina Riedler)
Virpi Suutari's precise and visually appealing Entrepreneur raises questions about our existence and its fragility through pitting opposites against each other. In the Finnish countryside, a family struggles to make things work. In the winter they run a mobile meatwagon and in the summer the entire family participates in their traveling funfair. Despite personal and economic setbacks, they nurture their hopes and dreams. In Helsinki, two women are driven by a vision and have developed a wheat-based protein, as a replacement for meat. With the world as their potential market, they open their first factory, but success brings unforeseen challenges.
(Tobias Åkesson)
Director's Biography
Virpi Suutari
Documentary film director and professor of arts, Virpi Suutari has been working in the film industry for more than 20 years, during which many of the documentary films she has written and directed have won or been nominated for awards. She is also a member of European Film Academy. The Crossing Europe Tribute 2006 was dedicated to her and recurring co-director Susanna Helke.
Film Selection: Yrittäjä (Entrepreneur, 2018, doc) — Eedenistä pohjoiseen (Garden Lovers, 2014, doc, CE’15) — Hilton! – Täällä Ollaan Elämä (Hilton! – Here for Life, 2013, doc, CE’14) — Auf Wiedersehen Finnland (2010, doc) — Pitkin tietä pieni lapsi (Along the Road Little Child, 2005, doc, with Susanna Helke, CE’06) — Joutilaat (The Idle Ones, 2001, doc, with Susanna Helke, CE’04, CE’06)
Documentary film director and professor of arts, Virpi Suutari has been working in the film industry for more than 20 years, during which many of the documentary films she has written and directed have won or been nominated for awards. She is also a member of European Film Academy. The Crossing Europe Tribute 2006 was dedicated to her and recurring co-director Susanna Helke.
Film Selection: Yrittäjä (Entrepreneur, 2018, doc) — Eedenistä pohjoiseen (Garden Lovers, 2014, doc, CE’15) — Hilton! – Täällä Ollaan Elämä (Hilton! – Here for Life, 2013, doc, CE’14) — Auf Wiedersehen Finnland (2010, doc) — Pitkin tietä pieni lapsi (Along the Road Little Child, 2005, doc, with Susanna Helke, CE’06) — Joutilaat (The Idle Ones, 2001, doc, with Susanna Helke, CE’04, CE’06)
Arbeitswelten | Working Worlds 2018
Virpi Suutari
Finnland 2018
color
74 Minuten
Finnisch / Englisch / Chinesisch OmeU
Drehbuch Virpi Suutari
Kamera Heikki Färm, Tuomo Hutri, Marita Hällfors, Jani Kumpulainen, Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Schnitt Jussi Rautaniemi
Musik Sanna Salmenkallio
Mit Jani Laine, Satu Laine, Amanda Laine, Akseli Laine, Olivia Laine, Diana Laine, Maija Itkonen, Reetta Kivelä
Produzent*innen Joonas Berghäll, Satu Majava
Produktion
Oktober Oy
Österreichpremiere
Weltpremiere / World PremiereGothenburg Film Festival 2018
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
