“The best way to convey the power of this film is simply to drop the schtick…you need to see this film.”
“Tragicomic and inspiring storytelling.”
“The 90-minute film is riveting and makes grown men cry.”
“The film is structured very well, there is a real dramatic arc to the story.”
“Director must be praised for getting the storytelling working and sympathies for the main characters, even though their real faces are not shown at all.”
“Haase succeeds in making the encounters with his subjects intimate and sensitive.”
“In the style of a true Shakespearean tragedy, the film traverses the rise and fall of the band’s popularity.”
“The entertaining documentary film is well crafted, classic storytelling.”
“The film is also successful in it’s directing. It has admirable intensity.”
“The filmmaker’s skill of being fully present is visible in the film.”
“Antti Haase’s documentary film is funny and inspiring at the same time.”
“Haase has directed a doc that has the cinematic touches one associates with narrative art films.”
“The film’s point of view gripped and moved me.”
Antti Haase is Lapland ‘s most significant documentary filmmaker, whose films are carefully crafted & made with emotion.