Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. Waitress Leena tries to stir up a romance between her co-workers at a pizza parlor. Middle-aged Ilpo comes home early from the paper mill and finds a strange man in their bedroom. Old Milja waits for her daughter Merja at the hospital where she is visiting her terminally ill husband Henri. Teenage Santeri tries to cope with his homosexuality. Written by Markku Kuoppamäki touching kaleidoscope of eternal human events and emotions, 18 November 2002 Author: jozsefbiro from Budapest, HUNGARY The Finnish version of Robert Altman's "Short Cuts", set in the small rural town of Äänekoski. The episodes present a kaleidoscope of the eternal events, problems and emotions of human life: joy and love, deception and disillusionment, hopelessness and death. I was particularly impressed by two episodes. The first is the story of the young waitress, who tries to stir up a romance for his co-workers: she radiates an overwhelming joy of love and life. The other episode presents and old man dying in a hospital and his wife trying to help him die with dignity. Particularly striking is the way the old couple have to fight their way against the humiliating practices of the hospital and their loneliness contrasted with the "routines" of the hospital crew (despite the signs of occasional empathy). Compared with Altman's classic, this movie is perhaps less professional, but it is definitely a great piece of art.

女主人公是一位有雄心有志向的职业女性，在巴塞罗那有自己的一家小公司。在她三十岁生日那天，和朋友们聚会，大家都觉得生活不过如此，曾经说好的三十岁之前要有人生中的第一个一百万呢？后来，女主人公觉得生活不能如此下去，发现了一个新的项目，朋友们也很支持，但是他们需要从银行去贷款才能执行项目，幸运的是，他们去银行贷款也非常顺利，就在他们期待人生中的第一个100万的时候，美国的雷曼兄弟破产了，以至于全世界连锁反应，巴塞罗那的银行也开始不再进行贷款业务了，一夜之间，项目无法进行，不仅没有赚到人生中的第一个100万，还负债累累，输的精光。更让女主人公没想到的是，她以为她的男朋友是和她一起承担项目，分担债务的，后来才知道她男朋友背着他早已经有谋划。