Umur Page #3

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An enterprising young man.

-Yeah, we're building a hut here.

It'll be nice to sit

by the fire when it rains.

The cloth will come in a week.

Otherwise it's almost ready.

Would you like some coffee?

-No... yes... no...

We talked about the holiday resort

at the wedding, remember?

Yes... -One has to try

all kinds of things nowadays.

Yes, yes... no... yes...

It's a lot of work.

I'll sell you the timber.

Oulu University Hospital

We'll tear these down and

build some rental cottages...

What's the matter?

We'll find a new place.

Surely we can stay until...

-It's not about that.

Then what?

I sent an application to Oulu.

For specialised studies.

It'll start in two weeks.

And you haven't told me before?

Well, we'll go to Oulu.

An old tar town. I'll find work.

Actually, this is just perfect

since we just lost the house.

I thought you could stay here.

-What?

Yes.

You're kidding.

-No I'm not.

You would go by yourself?

Yes.

When you're walking the forests with

the dog between morning and night -

your thoughts are

kind of sleepy, just stirring.

Where have you been

through all this before?

Where have you been to engrave

these few sounds into your mind?

Your own steps, the sounds of the

dog's paws, the sound of breathing.

The passage of time

feels clear and bright.

You walk to the river to fetch

water, and then some firewood.

You put it in the stove.

The stove and the water heat up

and you see the darkness withdraw.

And it all happens quietly

and confidently, inevitably.

Sometimes she sees a familiar move,

and for a while she thinks...

But no, it's not you.

Hi!

I was just leaving.

Bye! I'll get it!

Silly...

She doesn't even eat properly,

she's restless...

She wakes up at night

to look out of the window.

She's just walking,

thinking about you.

She's been sad

and her fur is a mess...

She... misses you.

Eija's boyfriend is dead.

He got hit by a car... an hour ago.

Shall we compete for

the worst-looking fur?

Why doesn't he understand?

Look at this.

Read them. You tell him.

I have to go...

Wait here,

I'll be back in a couple of hours.

Oulu University Hospital

Have you told him?

Put on your seat belt.

How do you feel about death?

-What do you mean?

Haven't you thought about it?

-I have, sometimes.

There isn't much left of

a reindeer carcass after the winter.

Some bones and hair

and some skin and a skull.

Still it's been

a whole reindeer once.

And it has all ended in a fight.

I don't mean a short, final fight,

but the one from the very beginning.

A calf defies everything

when it enters the world.

An hour after it's born,

it has to follow its mother.

Growing up...

The whole of life is a struggle.

And death...

I feel that it's some kind of

weariness, giving up.

When I'm on a hard trip

with the border guard -

I'd love to lie down in the snow,

but no, I just have to push on.

The warm person between the sheets,

my precious on the same mattress.

The final stop,

the place you don't want to leave.

Umur says that I can be here.

And I am, I am,

to the end of the world if I can be.

An earthquake

couldn't tear me away.

I'll take a deep breath

and rest... at home.

I can make coffee.

I woke up like

a man beside his wife.

I imagined Umur waking up

like a wife beside her husband.

Lauri's friend offered me a job.

I'm going to take it.

I'll start in two weeks.

Taika will come with me.

There'll be a group of people -

different people,

disabled and healthy -

and we'll have to help them,

the way you should help me...

And become my wife.

-Are you nuts?

I was just thinking...

-No you weren't.

I'm thinking about it all the time.

-I'll never get married.

We've lived together...

-We used to, but not anymore!

Don't you understand?

-No...

I can't help it.

I think about it

everywhere and all the time.

Poor boy... Not a chance.

Okay.

I'll wait for five years

and then marry someone else.

Although it'll be you anyway.

Why don't you go already?

Stop harassing me...

You can carry this.

Umur doesn't know about it.

We'll give it to her

when the time comes.

This time we got the brush-off.

For the autumn and winter,

I worked in course centres.

I haven't seen her the whole winter.

I won't unless she asks me to.

My mind tells me to forget -

but people are alike,

everyone wants the same thing.

To be and live

with their loved ones.

I no longer think

about you every moment, Ari...

But you'll always stay with me.

Everyone wants to

love and be loved. Why?

If you love,

it will be taken away. Why?

I wanted to drive love away.

I tried to suffocate it,

but he's always with me.

I want him to forget me

and I want him to remember me.

Why does love hurt so much?

Why don't I tell him?

I want him to be here and

I want him to be somewhere else.

I'm afraid, but I don't

know what I'm afraid of.

I miss him so much.

Hi!

Umur is visiting

her sister in Sweden.

The ladder angel climbed up and down

and spread her wings

She said:
Under the shield of the

sun, there's a nest for children.

The ladder angel climbed up and down

and held out her hand

She said:
Everything is fine,

you're a child of the sun

The angel flew as fast as she could,

and even though she might be busy

To the shield of the sun

she'll take me too

The ladder angel is an angel,

as are many children of the sun

Do you want me to tell him?

Give him these...

Sometime.

They're transferring me to Helsinki.

Hey, buddy, wake up!

Wake up!

Hey, where are you going?

I have no idea

how this will turn out -

but I'm nursing

a little flame in my soul.

Umur, I am a vagrant,

I have no home.

Just like Taika has a home in me,

like my scent means home to her -

you're as far from me

as walking home.

How are you doing, Toivo?

Can't complain, and you?

I think I've struck lucky.

A friend of mine, Lauri,

a business man -

has managed to get this place

that's familiar to me.

A very special place.

By the river.

I'm going to rent it.

I'll just have to go and

sign the lease in Helsinki.

And then I have... this girl.

Oh, I see!

She's mine. Umur.

Taika is over there!

She can't move!

Taika...

You marked your territory here.

The marks will fade away,

fade away in the sunshine.

But don't worry,

I'll always remember them.

And Umur will always remember you.

Rest in peace, Taika.

Remember my scent,

and when you meet me some day -

we'll go wandering together.

Taika went to dogs' heaven -

to the place where she can

wander to her heart's content.

There she can see the bright day,

the river and the hill.

Taika, oh God...

I'll never see your eyes again -

when you turn around

to make sure I'm with you.

Nor the wagging of your tail

when you go on.

Taika had gone after a dog on heat.

She tried to cross the road,

but never made it.

A car had come,

hit her and driven on.

F*** if I know,

I've put up with all kinds of sh*t!

I don't dig those f***ing n*ggers!

I'm gonna rip up

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