Veitset leikkaa ilman
Funny thing—but life would be meaningless if the dead never visited the living.
A man who is falling into his shadow.
A boy who lives beneath the snow.
A boy who's burning without feeling the flame.
A woman who is filled with shame.
Through these four people, a story unfolds. Is it a play? It is a tragedy, but in what sense? At least it has a Chorus who comments on, argues about, and maybe even creates what we see and hear. At the heart, however, is a family. An ordinary family from Eastern Finland whose ordinary life is raised to mythic proportions. Every generation has its own emotional wounds, its painful memories trying to surface. Everyone is looking for love, struggling to love in return, and trying their hardest to figure out what love even is.
Jussi Moila's play juxtaposes epic grandeur and the crude, searing relevation and thougtful contemplation. It's open to many interpretations, all equally inspiring and memorable.
I came to see you every day.
And I saw the landscape behind your eyes.
Did you know that in your landscape there's
a birch tree, a well, a bear, and a bee...
but one day
it was all gone...
and then I wanted to die.
The play has been translated into English, Italian, Hungarian and Estonian.
