Jääkuvia
Other castings also possible.
Ten pictures of the people and life of a northern-Finnish family. A single-parent mother's only resource is hatred. A drowned child observes the world from the bottom of a river. The fathers are gone, as their fathers before them. A daughter tries to break free of her mother, but even out in the world she cannot gain control of her life. The preacher has lost faith in people, but still cannot give up hope. Frozen Images describes the strenuous life of the north, a continuous chain of subjection from one generation to the next. At its centre, however, there is hope and warmth. The play’s overarching theme is love, which is so absolute and fierce that it’s almost impossible to bear. Smeds combines the burly, folksy language of the north with colourful poetry. The play consists mainly of monologues, but also allows the possibility of improvisation and stylized delivery.
The play has been translated into English, German, Danish, Russian, Estonian, Catalan and Hungarian.
