Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.
THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI (Finland/Sweden/Germany 2016) ****
Directed by Juho Kuosmanen
Stars: Eero Milonoff, Oona Airola, Deogracias Masomi
Review by Gilbert Seah
Finland’s most famous filmmaker, Aki Kaurismaki is well known for his dead-pan comedy. The tradition is carried on in Juho Kuosmanen’s debut feature which was also a top prize winner at this year’s Cannes festival in the Un Certain Regard section. The film is inspired by the true story of Finland’s most successful boxer, Olli Maki of the 1960s.
Shot in black and white with meticulous attention to period detail, the film centres on the prelude to Mäki’s historic fight in Helsinki with American Davey Moore, the bantamweight champion of the world.
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