The Beauty of Errors (Kappale Kauneinta Suomea)

In the quiet Finnish countryside, a father and his almost-grown son. A lifetime of love, a catalogue of mistakes, and no easy way to let each other go.

The subtle yet insightful observation of Tero’s relationship with his son Henri unfolds as a story that at times resembles a pocket-sized epic (all passion and intensity), and at other times, a film by Kaurismäki or a wistful waltz, carrying a bittersweet affirmation of life, and its unceasing continuity.

Family ties remain one of the most wondrous human mysteries, and the relationship between father and son is a relationship that has it all: tenderness, interdependence, esteem, conflict, disillusionment. Rarely does a film capture all the nuanced subtleties of the bitter, sometimes unbearable reality of the father-son bond, but also the remarkable devotion it requires.