A Step Into the Dark

In the beginning of the 1950s when our story takes place, I was living a happy childhood in an uhappy world. Today I am not sure what part of my memories of that dark after-war times I have lived, heard, read somewhere, or collected from various sources. What I do know for sure is that the lives of adults around me at that time were much more full and diverse compared to the simplified and interpreted black-and-white picture painted by the history or media. Same as today, everyone was the master of their own fate – the author of both the lighter and darker corners of their conscience, full of love, disappointment, happiness, suffering, kindness, cruelty, nobility, falseness, heroism, perfidy... Our conscience is the only thing that stays with us during our whole life, whether we want it or not. I believe that through our rich, almost epic story we can offer the attentive viewer something they can relate to from their own lives, as well as a deep emotional experience. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)