Sisu

In Scandinavia, it has already been proven several times that you can put an end to Nazis with great persuasion. In 2023, the fascist usurpers in Finland are alive.

With SISU, we present you the (probably) last cinematic access to the festival. Another Swiss premiere — the film will officially be released in cinemas on May 11.

What can you expect? These are the last, desperate days of World War II. In northern Finland, a lonely gold prospector is robbed by a Nazi squad. But that doesn't suit him at all. This is how the lone gold seeker becomes a merciless one-man killer squad.

Friends of Scandinavian cinema will already know director Jalmari Helander from Rare Export (2010) or Big Game (2014). With Sisu, too, he once again celebrates the relentless fighting spirit of the Finns — which, Wikipedia claims in much more extensive form, is referred to as “Sisu.”