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Tears of April (Käsky, 2009) Director: Aku Louhimies Presentation: As Red and White soldiers fought each other during the Finnish Civil War, an unlikely love story blossomed. Tears of April tells the story of Aaro, a soldier for the White army, who is sent on a mission to take village woman Miina to stand trial. She is the only survivor of a village whose women have been raped and executed by the army that now overtakes it. During their journey, he falls in love with her and must face the realities of their positions. Loyalties are tested in this historical drama that looks at romance between two people who are on opposite sides during a war. What does destiny have in store for these two? Director Aku Louhimies's epic romance has been presented at major film festivals around the world and praised for the beautiful storytelling, Tears of April is a romance story for the ages. Synopsis: In 1918 during the Finnish civil war, Red socialists fight against the White bourgeois. A prisoner of the Whites, Red Guard troop leader Miina Malin (Pihla Viitala) manages to escape only to be recaptured by Aaro Harjula (Samuli Vauramo). Against the general consensus, he does not wish for her senseless murder but for her to have a fair trial. The meeting of Aaro and Miina binds two strong human stories together and sparks an edgy love theme in the midst of the horrors of the civil war. |
