(FINLAND)
PRODUCING ADULTS-
Aleksi Salmenperä

Venla, a psychologist at a fertility clinic, can hear her biological clock ticking. Unfortunately, her speed skater boyfriend Antero isn't even remotely prepared for parental responsibility—he's only certain he is on the verge of a breakthrough in his athletic pursuits if he can only train just a little harder. Afraid of losing Venla, Antero is less than willing to tell her they don't see eye to eye about children. Together, they play a game of denial. When she learns of his secret vasectomy, her mind turns to the storeroom at work, housing millions of sperm samples lying dormant in liquid nitrogen. He is tall with brown hair and blue eyes—that’s all she knows about the future father. But her dreams of creating an ordinary family life start to crumble when symptoms of a romantic kind start to blossom between her and Satu, a sympathetic female doctor who has agreed to help her. As the ironic title of Salmenperä’s film—sometimes wryly amusing, but more often honestly touching—suggests, Velna and Antero aren't struggling to raise children, they're struggling to raise themselves. This year’s Finnish submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar. Print courtesy of Wolfe Video. (1:40:00)

Filmography: Trespassing (98), Ferry Go-Round (01).

Showtimes:
23-02-2005 | 6.30PM | GU
25-02-2005 | 6.30PM | B2