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9.8 out of 10

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  1. ChristinaT.
    May 14, 2002
    9
    Great sweeping war film with a love story as its backdrop.
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  2. PaulT.
    Jun 3, 2002
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    Incredible war film from Finland
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  3. OnurS.
    Oct 7, 2003
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    A beautiful, beautiful movie.
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  1. Reviewed by: Gunnar Rehlin
    70
    Thoughtful and mostly very watchable picture, with its emphasis on how war dehumanizes the individual soldier.
  2. Beautifully shot and finely acted movie.
  3. 50
    Director Olli Saarela, who co-wrote the script with Antti Tuuri, offers up a trembling romanticism that gradually hardens -- like Eero's consciousness -- with exposure to the horrors of war.