"THE HANDCUFF KING" "When you learn to do things wrong in the right way   everything will work out." "Take Harry Houdini, for example." "His mother had sent him to work in a safe factory   because she wanted him to learn a good profession." "The manager of the factory had just invented a lock   that it was supposed couldn't be picked." "Houdini happened to walk in and asked to see it." "He took the lock and opened it just like that, with his bare hands." "The manager fired him on the spot." "So he became a handcuff king." "I'm not sure of the exact moment   when it became clear I'd become a handcuff king myself." "It certainly wasn't when Dad had a bit too much to drink." "FINLAND" " SWEDEN" "It wasn't when my big brother plugged his guitar into the stereo." "It wasn't when Grandpa shot down 25 enemy planes with a machine gun." "And it wasn't when Mum remembered to take her shoes when she left." "But maybe it was when Major Tom's men betrayed him   and left him to be captured by Rommel." "TORNIO" " HAPARANDA 1976" "We had been trying to contact our base for days." "The silence indicated that we were on our own." "Still, nothing stopped us from completing our mission." "Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia, whose wedding we're following." "This is a historical day..." "The strike had to be quick and precise like a scorpion's sting." "Hey, Staffans!" "Can you see that?" "Bloody Finns!" "Do you need help, Kenneth?" "Bloody Finn!" "Let's go back to Houdini." "Of course, he'd had the key to the lock stashed away somewhere." "He'd seen it on the table and taken it, without telling anyone." "You have to grab an opportunity when it presents itself." "Nettles!" "And Major Tom knew that." "Watch out, nettles!" "What the hell?" "Don't you know it's forbidden to be on the bridge?" "Yeah." "That's when it became clear that I'd become a handcuff king." "Dad just got away from work..." " They're catching us up!" " No..." "Actually, it's all curiously linked to Dad and his bicycle." "Dad was a communist who believed that when his Russian Sputnik bike   would beat Centrist Usko Keränen, who rode a Crescent  proletarian dictatorship would spread across the world just then." "Long live the proletarian dictatorship!" "You also have to know when to keep your mouth shut." "Houdini would never have become a legend   if he'd revealed that he had the key." "What are you doing there?" "Go away!" "A train will be here at any minute!" "I'll call the police!" "And the Finnish police!" "I had a friend in the summer   who claimed that Houdini opened the locks with sheer willpower." "It seems pretty impossible." "Esko, go help him." "Be careful." "I may be able to fix the back wheel." " You'll have to use Juhani's car." "I'll buy a new bike." " Maybe one of those Crescents..." "How will you pay for it?" "Give me the wrench." "The wrench." "Those damn brats will pay for the damage." "Or their parents." "How could they buy you a Crescent to replace that piece of junk?" "Where do I put these?" "Figure it out." "Maybe in the litter basket." "With any luck, that could be straightened out." "I'll have to take this off..." "When shall we replace that old lino floor?" "That frame is the biggest problem." "You see, he doesn't even listen to what I say." "Or maybe I'll find a used one." "She won't go far." "She forgot her shoes." "Esko, come here!" "We've agreed that the parents will pay for the damage   and the boys will pay them back, little by little..." "I don't think I can ask much for my old Sputnik." "Three hundred, maybe?" " There's just one but..." " What?" "Well, spit it out." "What you told me at home." "It was Esko's idea." "That's a lie!" "I was in the library and at home." " You're lying!" " He was home, wasn't he?" " Was he?" " The other boys say the same." " They're making a scapegoat of me." " You thought of those damn logs!" "Don't swear, Goddammit." "I'll question this boy at home." "The same goes for Esko." "It's not easy being a policeman's son." "Make it good and firm." "If you were there, confess right now." "You'll be punished but then the matter will be settled." "If you lie   the guilt will burden your soul until the truth comes out." "Well, were you there or not?" "I'll call Martti." "We do trust you." "What's that smell?" " The others were smoking too..." " Who?" "The others!" "Major Tom escaped the interrogators of the cruel enemy   but only temporarily." "You bloody rats!" "We agreed that sneaks are out of the gang." "We're boycotting you, faggot." "Hey!" "Guys!" "Down, right now!" "Don't go!" "I stepped on a mine!" "Honest!" "It was a good old jump mine." "Tom's men ran away in terror and left Esko alone in the desert." "Get help, quickly!" "I stepped on a wartime mine." "This used to be a German depot during the war." "There are thousands of unexploded mines here." "Be careful!" "Major Tom was paralysed with fear." "He could only be saved by the enemy or a merciful death." "Hey, you!" "A boy has stepped on a mine over there." "Really?" "What does he look like?" "Mum, I stepped on a jump mine." "I can't move an inch." "Is that so?" "If I were you, I wouldn't come closer." "Without bitterness, Tom gave himself up to Rommel   an enemy whom he respected and who respected him." "In the evening, they had dinner in Rommel's tent." "I haven't caught a glimpse of Kekkonen yet." "There he is." "There." "I think it's settled now." "... in today's Pop-o-Rama, heaps of great records..." " What's wrong with the stereo?" " You fucking clown!" " I hope it hurt!" " She never hits for real." "She did hit me!" "Aircraftman Kivi, my grandpa   had been a gunner in a bomber plane during the war." "He had shot down 25 Russian planes with his machine gun   and one with his pistol after he'd run out of ammo." "He would've had loads of medals if he hadn't turned them all down." "He never talked about the war or anything else." "Juhani claimed that he'd been traumatised by war." "It's yours, okay?" "You think this makes it okay?" "Don't you get it?" "You're boycotted." "Damn you, I'll start boycotting you!" "Moron!" "Soon you'll come begging to me!" "Do you even know what a boycott means?" " It's just pure piss." " Don't take it." "Where are you taking it?" "I can't come across, they'll beat me!" "Take it easy." " Imagine that you're invisible." " Are you crazy?" "Imagine." "Hard." " Where did you find that ass?" " From the other side." "Tell him that he might die if he wanders here alone." "Okay." " See?" "I'm Patrick." " Esko." ""Shopkeepers were forbidden to sell groceries to them"   "and the delivery of their post was hindered, among other things."" ""One of the victims of this was Charles Gunningham Boycott"   "whose name lived on in the word boycott. "" "The fact remains that they're boycotted, not me." "You were already uncuffed!" "Your dad was uncuffed when he made you." " It needs more action." " What kind of action?" "Don't you know?" "Action." "Something like this?" "Dad ordered these from Denmark." "IN FULL ACTION" "Patrick!" "Here!" " Have you taken your medicine?" " Yeah." " What are you doing?" " We're just watching some films!" "What do you mean, we?" " Hey." " Hello." "This is my sister, Helene." "This my friend, Esko." " Is he Finnish?" " Yeah." "You know that Dad doesn't want any Finns here." " What did she say?" " That you're cute." " It's already six." " Show me your watch." "Think about it, it's only five on our side." "Where does he think he's going?" "When I'm through, not even your dad will recognise you." " Let him go!" " Don't preach." "He wounded me." "Let him go, or I'll infect you with this!" "Even an idiot knows that it's not contagious." "What did you say to them?" "They'd better leave you alone or they'd have to deal with me." "ROMMEL" " TH E DESERT FOX" "What's that?" "Let me take a look." "Good Lord!" "Where did you get this?" "Esko!" "Look at it!" "Look closely!" "You can see a bare bottom!" "Do you know where your son spends his days?" " It's a bit of some art film." " Art?" "Isn't it always art if you see a glimpse of a bare ass?" "Like the Swedish guy whose films you always watch..." " Bergman?" " There's nothing like that in them." "Teach that boy about these things like a father should!" " I don't like pickles." " We'll swap." "Those guys keep on all through the day." "If you don't do it, I will." "FINLAND IN WAR - stories of our men" "Moderately hard, Topi." "Not too hard, but just enough." "You can be sure that this hurts me more than it hurts you." " Situation report?" " What?" "I think that's enough..." "Wait a minute." "One for the road." "Better be the last time you even think about such things." "I think the matter is settled now." "I have to go." "Get away from it, it's the dog's home." "CENTRAL HOSPITAL" " What is it?" " Junk mail...what else." "CUSTOMS" "Nothing to declare!" "And ten boxes of China bombs." "You know that you have to be 15 to buy these." " Are you?" " No." "They're for my friend." "He's 1 5 and he'll pay." "He's Finnish." "Doesn't speak Swedish." " You have to be a war hero." " Who will you be?" "Rommel, the Desert Fox!" "Right." "Rommel had to penetrate the Maginot line." "He had only one problem." "There was a whole French division between them and the line." "Then Rommel had an idea." "He ordered his soldiers to hang white flags outside their tanks." "The French didn't know what to do." "Confused, they gave way to the German tanks." "In the evening, Rommel's troops fought on the Maginot line   penetrated it and continued towards the centre of France." "Hurrah!" "Take cover!" "That's my sister!" " Do you know how he died?" " Rommel?" " Hitler made him drink poison." " Why?" "He was afraid Rommel would be a threat to him." " Do you know how Houdini died?" " Well?" "He'd let people punch him in the stomach." "His abs were huge." "One idiot hit him in the stomach without any warning." "His appendix ruptured." "He died a couple of days later." "He wasn't prepared for the punch." "Hurry, I'll pee in my pants!" "My grandpa was actually in the war." "He would've received a medal..." "I'll have a pee." " Is the Finn here again?" " Are you a racist?" "I have to go now." "Bye!" "Say hello to your ass." "Give me the bottle!" " Take it to Mum." " Esko, bring it back!" "I'm not coming home yet!" " Take the sheets." " Let's wrestle!" " These are the hands of a worker." " They're filthy enough!" " Been working overtime?" "Poor thing." " Your son is the poor thing here!" " Are you afraid to wrestle with me?" " You're drunk and I'm not!" "Even so, I'm still a grown man and you're just a little kid!" " Let him win." " Stay out of this, woman!" "Do you believe me?" " What am I supposed to believe?" " That you're an old wreck." "Damn." "We'll see..." " You know, I could break your neck!" " Don't stand there talking then!" "Mind the table!" "Oh shit, don't, don't, you'll break my neck!" "I've done so much work with these hands you can't imagine it!" "Goddammit, come and help me!" "He can't come to work today, he's in such a bad state..." "No, it's the flu." "He's lying in bed and can't even turn over..." "Take this to him." "I had the same flu myself last week..." "Three minutes!" "Three and a half." "Is your mum dead or something?" "She was Finnish." "Dad says that's why she left." "He hasn't let her come back." "He says that all Finns are sluts." "My mum is not." "I have to go now." " Don't leave me like this!" "Wait!" " Bye!" "Where are you going?" "You're not going anywhere!" " You're dead!" " Let him be." "I'm alright." "Let him be, I'm alright!" "I'm alright, don't you get it?" "You may keep it." "Harry Houdini's famous escape was to jump from the bridge   and uncuff himself underwater in front of a big audience   with sheer willpower." "And people were cheering!" "Trust me, it's all about willpower." " You didn't manage it just now." " I did." "You uncuffed me." "Well, yeah..." "There's not a word about willpower in here." " Where's Juhani?" " Out on the town, I guess." " You'll have to go and fetch him." " From the town?" "How?" "Your father's at it again." "What the hell is it with him?" " Fall over!" " Who was the Centrist candidate?" "You have to fall when I shoot you." "That Russian was dead on his feet." "Don't." "Kekkonen and BreZhnev are best buddies nowadays." "There's been so much fighting in this place   that the blood soaked ground haunts us in our dreams." "Your shop steward has to go now." "Do you have a vehicle for us?" "Has your daddy got sick?" " Look, there he goes again..." " Where?" "Have I ever told you about the time he was in the army?" "Many times." "That he was a gunner in a bomber plane   and he shot down 25 Russian planes with a machine gun   and one with a pistol after he'd run out of ammo." "Is that what I told you?" "How about the fact that he was never given any medals for it?" "You said he was offered medals, but he refused to accept them." "No." "You don't remember right." "See, his company commander hated him." " He wanted to take all the credit." " Why did he hate him?" "I don't know, but it's been eating at Grandpa more and more." "After Grandma's death   he's just been sitting in his room reading war magazines." "See, their plane was shot down over Russia." "Grandpa's friends were killed and he landed in Russia." "He wandered in the forest and they chased him with dogs." "Then they caught him and took him to prison." "He was tortured there and fed with all kinds of shit." " What shit was he fed with?" " That's your grandpa." "There's actually a downed Russian bomber in that forest." "Finnish forests are full of them." "You can tear your trousers on their propellers while picking berries." "He goes to sit there and think about those days." "It was terrible." "He always wets his pants on the anniversary of that flight." "Good night." " Good night." " Good night." " Who are you?" " Is Grandpa here?" "Captain!" "A stowaway aboard!" "Shall I throw him out?" "Stowaway?" "Ah, throw him out." "Turn around, you can still save yourselves!" "Go nicely, kid." "This is for grown men." "You're about to be shot down!" "Some things just have to happen the way they have to happen." " Do you understand?" " Huh?" " Patrick is not home." " You do speak Finnish." " Who said I didn't?" " Patrick." "He said I don't like to speak it." "He's at the doctor's." " Is he sick?" " Yeah." "Tell him that I came by." " Do you want to try?" " Sure." "Not so fast." "Without the bow at first, of course." "Close your eyes." "Japanese masters start practising archery   by training for a year without a bow or an arrow." "You have to pretend that this is a real bow and the arrow is here." "So that you can finally feel them in your hand." "Do you understand?" "Then you have to picture the target." "Imagine that you, the arrow, the bow and the target are one." "That could take you half an hour." "Take your time, I'll be right here the whole time." "What does he think he's doing?" "Can you hold this?" "You want to see a porn movie?" " Who wants sandwiches?" " Stop it!" "You're too small to watch this." "They're home, get out!" "Take your shoes off..." " Who's that?" " My friend." " I can pay for everything..." " Is he a Finn?" "It was Helene's fault." " Come on." " But it's true." "Tell him that he can never come here again   or anywhere near you." "Tell him!" " Dad doesn't want us to be together." " What about our movie?" " What's wrong?" " Ask your father." "My knee has to be operated on." "I have rheumatism." "The kneecap is wrecked." "It'll be finished in a few years unless they do something." "Compare it with the other." "The other knee is fine, for now." "He hasn't told anyone he's had pains for several years." "A grown man doesn't complain." "That's not very wise either." "Now that he has something pitiable   we'll have to listen to his complaining for the next 20 years." "Just like his father   whose bowels fail on some bloody anniversary." "The war ended 30 years ago   but the only thing he came back with was his body." "His mind is still there." "And that one   can't change his fathers' pants because the smell makes him sick." "His nose is so sensitive." "And if I ask for something small..." "I'll have to collect pine cones   for some money of my own." "In Suomussalmi in 1 944..." "Such an artillery concentration." "Fellows disappeared in the sky   and their dicks fell down like little cones." "I guess I should've married Leksa back then." "Leksa who?" " She took her shoes this time." " And her coat and her bag." "It must've been Leksa Rautio she talked about." "Or him?" "What the hell was his name?" "We used to call him Cobra." "He held his head like this." "I hope nothing has happened to her." "That's how Mum feels every time you're out drinking." "Can you peel potatoes?" "You peel and I'll fry." " What are we going to do?" " You can start with this." "Thanks for coming!" " How long has she been gone?" " Two days." " The first two years are the hardest." " Dad is freaking out." " So was my dad." " What about the rheumatism?" "Child's play." "You don't die of it, unlike if he had cancer." "Why was that thing the other day Helene's fault?" "She set those guys on me for revenge." " Revenge for what?" " Look, there he goes again." "To look at the plane he shot down with a pistol." "What did Helene avenge?" "She couldn't bear it that I didn't love her." "Liar!" " Do you swear not to tell anyone?" " Tell what?" "There's that shed near your house." "She took me there..." " I'm going to punch you!" " Okay, I won't tell you." " Tell me." " Not if you can't handle it." "I promise I will." "She took me there, took off her clothes   and we did the same thing they did in that film." " She got angry too." " You have to marry her." "What a shame." "I promise not to brag about it." "Don't you tell anyone either   not even Helene." "What was it like?" "Kind of wild...as if there'd been a small washing machine inside." " A washing machine?" " A washing machine." "Don't fuck with me now!" " You have to slice it first." " Bruce Lee!" " Don't slice your fingers." " Don't you like bloody sausages?" " Let me." " Mum kicked much harder." "Turn the tap off!" "The tap for the washing machine!" "The other one!" "Esko, get some rags!" " It won't turn off!" " It's draining through the floor." " Not those!" "Are you crazy?" " I asked for rags, but..." " Mum's best linen." " Get me some more." "She'll kill you." "These are all wet." " No!" " The anniversary." "Sorry." " You may come in!" " Watch your hands..." " How long is it?" " Four minutes." "The movie is called "The battle of the Maginot Line"." " Is the battle part after this?" " Dad burned it." "Every single frame." "By accident." "This looks great." "We won't cover it with lino anymore." "Aino has been found...in the river." "Drowned." "Watch out, there's a lot of sheep shit there." "Damn..." "I was never able to say out loud that I love you..." "Rheumatism caused the stiffening up and the fall from the bridge." " What's the matter?" " I think I have rheumatism too." " You've just slept on your hand." " Shake it." "This looks great." "We won't cover this with lino anymore." "I picked this flower from the roadside." "Mum!" "New football boots!" "Kick your grandpa with them, he's sure to start talking." "You tore it off." "I love it." "We decided that we won't cover it with lino anymore." "You can't wear shoes here." "I still have to varnish it." " It's from Haparanda..." "Domus." " Quite wild." " It isn't too small?" " No." "I doubt if Leksa would've known what to buy." " What's he doing these days?" " How should I know?" " You thought that I went to him." " No I didn't." " You think I could have?" " You didn't?" " What if I had?" " You're teasing me." "Aino..." "I've never been able to say out loud that I love you." " You still haven't said it." " You know that I do." "I asked for work at the brewery." "I'm starting next week." "That's the kind of work you can bring home." " Did you bump your head?" " A little." "I've been sleeping on your side." "Shit, it's Rommel!" "Let me go!" " Hey, my new shoes!" " Football boots!" "I'll take these as a down payment." "Put them on the porch, Grandpa." "I'll straighten them out later." " You're kind of betraying us." " You'll find someone new." "Come back when you're better!" "We're on the same side!" " Two hours of detention!" " He started it!" "How dare you!" "A washing machine... you're crazy!" "You started it." "I had a really bad day today." "Did you have to tell it to Helene?" "A washing machine." "She should've punched you properly." "Hey, give me my cap!" "Give it back!" "Give it back!" "Don't throw it out!" " Shit!" " Bloody hell!" "That won't work." "Don't ruin the atmosphere." "That won't work." "Open, you bloody door!" "Do you understand?" "Open!" " What are you going on about?" " I told you to open!" "Luckily no one can see you." "They'd think you've gone mad." "Go fuck with that stove of yours." "Stop fooling around." "If you don't get up now, I'll kick you in the ass   and that will hurt." "We'll be fine." "Someone's coming!" "Wake up!" "Helene, call an ambulance." " Do you remember the number?" " 90 000." " How did you know where to find us?" " Get out of here." "The situation is critical right now   but you can come and see Patrick tomorrow." "Could you translate that?" "Please, Helene, translate!" "Dad wants you to come and see Patrick tomorrow." "Did you say what I said?" "Here." "He's a tough boy, isn't he?" "Hands off, they're for Christmas." "Where's your father?" "He's reading." " Didn't he make you any dinner?" " No." "Tell him to fetch some firewood at least." "Mum said you should fetch some wood." " Is he going?" " He said he would." "Can you tell him to go right now?" "Mum said right now." "Housework is work too." " Fuck, it's cold out there!" " Can't you wear a hat?" "Boys, take your shoes off." "God, you look awful." "The crowd will faint when you step onstage." "I can easily play bass with mittens on my hands." " You pig!" "You killed him!" " Helene, stop it!" "Sit down, do you hear me?" "Translate what I'm going to say now." "Patrick is dead." "He had leukaemia." "You're mad!" "Don't you get it?" "He's dead!" "It was your fault!" "He shouldn't have been with you!" "Why didn't you tell me?" "There was no use talking about it." "I had a great summer." "Thanks." "What's it like being there?" "Okay." "I can see all kinds of things from here that you can't." "T ell me who locked the door and I'll get them for it." " It doesn't matter." " Why not?" "Those things don't matter here." "It was meant to be." "Your grandpa 's friends ask you to tell him they're not bitter." "Bitter about what?" "Your grandpa didn't shoot down any enemies with a pistol." "He met your grandma." "They were making out and he missed the train." "H is friends had to take off without him." "Because they didn't have a gunner, they were shot down." " You're lying." " It's impossible to lie here." "Your grandpa and grandma made your father that day." "His friends say that he should be glad." " Dad has been lying to me." " That doesn't matter either." "You just really have to believe." "Bye." "Has anyone seen the girls' baseball bats?" "There were just gloves!" " Condom biter." " Swede kiss-ass." "Has anyone seen the girls' baseball bats?" "Stop working!" "Before everyone dashes off on holiday " " I have an announcement about the New Year's..." "Turn the saw off!" "Turn it off, you idiot!" "And use earmuffs!" "Stop throwing things!" "Once again, performers are needed at the market square." "Does anyone have any ideas about performing?" "It should be music." " No one?" " I have something." " Esko." " A magic show." " Really?" " An escape number." "Warning!" "If that was all, get on with your work." "Here you go." "Help me." "Put these on my wrists." "Where the hell did you get real handcuffs?" "Just put them on." "Too tight!" " What are you standing there for?" " What are you up to?" "An escape number." "You should have the key stashed somewhere." "That would be cheating." "I'm going to dinner." "I did it!" "Try to put on a happier face." "Your son is about to perform." " What's that thing about, anyway?" " Some kind of magic." " What do I have to do?" " I already told you." "Do that." "Ladies and Gentlemen..." "the Houdini of Röyttä!" "This is an escape number." "The handcuffs are real." "Could you check them, please?" "They're real." "They will be put on my hands." "I'll wear a hood   and uncuff myself in two minutes." "How many times have you done this before?" "Countless." " That was a funny show." " Go to hell." " What was wrong with it?" " How did it go?" "A huge success." " How did it go?" " I think it went fine." "The performer overestimated his talents." "Let's go." "Harry Houdini's famous escape   was to uncuff himself underwater in front of a big audience." "And people were cheering!" "It's all about willpower." "What about dying from that stupid punch in the stomach?" "Hey, what are you doing there?" "Go away!" "A train will be here at any minute." "I'll call the police!" "Look at the idiot on the bridge!" "Are you going to jump?" "Go ahead!" "Jump!" "Jump!" "What's that?" "You take care of the bridge." " Did you boys have a meeting?" " We were ice-fishing." "Don't go anywhere." "Boys!" "Sauli!" "Oh my God!" "Do you speak Finnish or Swedish?" "Who's there?" "If you come any closer, I'll jump." "Shut up down there!" "What's your name?" "Houdini." " Harry or Robert?" " Harry." "Did you know Harry Houdini's real name was Ehrich Weiss?" "No." "He admired a magician called Robert Houdini, so he took his name." "He won't let me any closer." "What shall we do?" "We'll discuss it for a moment." "Hurry up." "It's getting cold." "The boy is half-naked." " They have it under control." " It's Esko!" "Think about how hard the ice is." "You'll be smashed." "What's it to you?" "A friend of his is coming over." "Good, hurry up!" " What did he say?" " A friend of yours is coming over." "I don't have any friends." "Come down, you idiot!" "I miss Patrick." "So do I." "You should say something to Esko." "We didn't mean it." "Sorry." "We'll let it be." " See you." " See you." "I have a confession to make." "I was at that bicycle underpass." "Actually, the log thing was my idea." "I won, I won!" "It's all taken care of." "We knew it all along." "We made a bet that you'd confess before the new year." "I guess that when you stop trying too hard   things start falling in place." "It happened to Juhani..." "And to Grandpa..." "Westward, Waltteri!" "Step on the gas." "You're doing great." "In a way, it happened to Helene and I..." "And to Mum and Dad..." "How's the business going?" "Once they see your mother's new bike at the brewery   things will speed up." "He sure is clever!" "Look, an aeroplane." "It's Grandpa's plane." "You just have to learn to do things right." "Subtitles:" "Minna Nuutinen Broadcast Text"