Uncharacteristically sweet, straightforward story from the Finnish master of odd. Rather like last year's Welcome...a French national in a seaport town risks arrest by sheltering an illegal immigrant and helping him on to England.
The protagonist is a shoeshine man...handsome, formal and polite to everyone. The film's charm comes from the working class neighborhood in which the story takes place. Everyone is kindly, gentle and supportive of his rescue.
Told in a stiff formal manner...like a film from the 30's. This one was a winner.
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