This film-collage traces the journeys of sailors from a small Finnish port between the 1960s and 1990s. At its center is seventeen-year-old Jalmar Yrjänen, whose diaries, letters, telegrams, and logbook entries reveal the perilous routines of young seafarers and their often tragic fates on the unforgiving sea. At the same time, crew-shot footage captures the traces of a colonial world and the emergence of globalization – key processes shaping the twentieth century.
Seafarers
Skönärit
1 hr. 3 min. · Finland, 2025 · Documentary · Finnish, French · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · Pegi 13
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 3 min.
- Country, year
- Finland, 2025
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- Finnish, French
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Screenplay
- Milja Viita
- Producers
- Milja Viita
- Cinematography
- John Konkola, Sakari Leino, Martti Mankonen, Yrjö Mankonen, Ari Mylly, Jukka Salokaarto, Milja Viita
- Music
- Rauma Youth Band, Kalle Kataja, Juho Laitinen
- Cast
- Étienne Caire, Aapo Salonen
- More information
- www.imdb.com
