Underplayed Gems

Da Capo (1985)

Da Capo poster
Directed by
Pirjo Honkasalo
Genre
drama film
Country
Finland
Runtime
2h 01m
Rated
K-12
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows a violinist as he moves between Finland and the United States from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. It shows his life as the foster son of his teacher and his career in music. Events draw loosely from the real story of Heimo Haitto.

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What happens

Da Capo is a 1985 Finnish biographical drama film directed by Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto. It is loosely based on the life of violinist Heimo Haitto (1925–1999) as the foster son of his teacher Boris Sirpo in Finland and the United States. The events in the film take place about three decades after Haitto, from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. The film was shot mostly on the West Coast of the United States, mainly in California. With a budget of six and a half million Finnish marks, it was the most expensive Finnish film before Rauni Mollberg's The Unknown Soldier, which was completed the same year. Da Capo was awarded at film festivals in Figueira da Foz, Portugal, and Ghent, Belgium. Paul Jyrälä received the Jussi Award for the film's sound design. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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