Robert Hutton on Cinema

The wild north

● “ANY LAST WORDS?” The question is directed by a Gestapo officer at Aatami Korpi, a Finnish prospector caught by Nazi soldiers as he makes his way across Lapland with a satchel full of gold. First words would have been a start. Clint Eastwood gave us The Man With No Name. In Sisu, Jorma Tommila plays Korpi as The Man With No Lines. He grunts, screams, moans, yells and, occasionally, sobs. But he doesn’t talk. There’s a lot to love about this movie, made with no budget and starring no one you’ve ever heard of (unless you’re a Finn). It is hilariously violent, and if that’s not your thing, then I cannot emphasise strongly enough that you should not under any circumstances watch it. But if you think you might…

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