Games People Play (Seurapeli)

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IN COOPERATION WITH YLE, NORDISK FILM,

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A FILM BY JEN NI TOIVONIEMI

The Gulf of Finland, variable winds at 1 - 5 m/s.

Isolated showers but good visibility. At night...

Oh no, Mitzi is smoking.

- I'll help you with this. - Thanks.

Hi!

Thank you, I still get nauseous sitting in the back.

Yes, I started again, but I'm going to quit.

Thank god for the weekend.

Natali, this island trip was such a great idea.

I love being with you girls. I couldn’t handle a birthday party now.

- What happened? - Nothing.

Just work stuff.

Oh yeah...

I'm just going to do this for the whole weekend.

- You should have a birthday party... - No way! Don't even mention it.

- Let's just have fun. - Oh yeah!

Girls...

Sorry about that.

It's okay.

Try it!

- It's going to fall down. - It'll. last the weekend.

I got to take a leak.

Great... What do we do now?

- Don't hold it so high. - Be careful.

Don't damage the material, brother.

Put it there. Pull!

I wonder where Mitzi's hipster husband is.

- Did you message him? - They're coming!

They're coming...

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

This is wonderful!

- No... It's a surprise. - Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to you!

- This is a surprise! - Happy birthday.

- Happy birthday. - Hurray, hurray, hurray!

Piss off!

Hey, Mitzi...

- Should I run after her? - No!

Mitzi!

- Let's go. - Shall I take the bag?

Lime Mitzi!

Mitzi!

Mitzi, come on, come back!

- This was a bust. - What did you expect?

Let's greet each other at least.

Hi! It's nice to see you.

Hi.

- Can you help me with our stuff? - Sure.

Hi, Veronika.

Okay. Don't worry. She'll calm down soon.

- Are you sure? - That's Mitzi.

- Let's tell them today. - Did dad leave the gas bottle there?

- Yes. - And did you get everything?

- Yeah. - Good.

I got to go. We'll try to make it there before dark.

- It doesn't get dark here. - Oh right...

See you soon.

- I was first here back in 2000. - You were like five years old.

Don't tease my little brother.

How about 10 years ago when Mitzi turned 25?

- That was a great weekend. - Let's have it again, then.

- It can't be 10 years already. - It is.

- We're all here. - Except your sister.

- Where's Veronika? - Her Majesty is too busy.

- Did she call you just now? - No.

I mean yes. She did.

Look.

She's all awkward. Look at her.

- Who called? Was it some guy? - No.

Look at her! She's blushing.

She's got a guy!

- How incredibly moving! - No, I don’t!

This is going to be at least as fun as 10 years ago.

- Or at least as bad as 20 years ago. - This is the drink of our tribe.

- Is our tribe worth this? - Cheers.

I would never replace you.

I'm not so sure about the ladies.

What are you talking about?

Well. Thinking about that legendary night

20 years ago that we spent with Mitzi and Veronika.

What about it?

Mitzi! Here you go.

Although we had -

the greatest encounter ever,

riding bikes in the summer night,

everything felt larger than life,

and Mr Writer describes it in his masterpiece...

Get to the point.

It was a mess. I don't know if it was worth all the pain.

Thank you.

Where's that hipster husband of yours?

I wonder if he's...

...sampling the finest whiskeys.

No, he's not.

- Sorry. I got more wood. - It’s okay. Thanks.

- Yeah... - I'm a little messed up right now.

Right.

I find this pretty weird too.

- But this is good. - Yeah.

Everyone has moved on.

I'm with Ulla and... you're married.

- Sorry! You okay? - Just startled me.

Sorry.-

I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about the wedding.

I mean...

Are we having this conversation now?

- I don't think we have to. - Me neither.

Maybe it's this birthday or... middle age.

You start going through all the crap in your life.

- Was it crap? - I didn't mean it like that.

You know...

I don't want to be as bad as the woman in your book.

- You read it? - Of course.

I loved it.

- Are you mad, Härde? - Of course I am.

- About what? - I saw you.

You can't go down that path again. Don’t do it. It's over.

You saw what? I'm not doing anything.

I haven't even talked to her in ages.

You're the smartest guy I know. How can you be this stupid?

It took me years to pull you back together.

Mitzi left, like she always does. She's married. It's over.

It's over. I know.

She left me. I was a wreck for three years.

I wrote her out of my system.

That didn't sound good but whatever...

I know it's too late.

You promise?

It's good that we talked. It cleared the air.

I promise.

What's so funny, brother?

What is it?

I look like a vegetable.

Okay»-

- Can someone get the glasses? - I'll do it.

I'm so hungry.

This is so good. Natali, will you marry me?

- This is so good. - Where is Lauri?

Can someone help me pour?

Wow, that's classy.

Well...

We have an announcement...

I'm just going to say it.

What the hell?

Is it coming here?

No way...

Thank you.

- You came. - Of course I did.

- On a plane? - I was in a hurry to see you.

- The queen has arrived. - The other one.

- This is Mitzi! - Nice to meet you.

Is that the Swedish guy from that Viking show?

- No... - He looks the same.

Hi!

- Hi, great to see you. - Everyone. This is Mikael.

This is Mikael.

- Hello! - Is it him?

- Hi there. - Hello.

Hi! My name is Natali.

I'm Veronika's half-sister.

It all happened so fast. It's a bit crazy.

Yeah, crazy.

Hello, darling.

If I go...

Shut up, Härde,

You didn't even take a ferry to Finland to see the former colony.

Yeah, was there something?

No, let's not talk about it now.

- What announcement? - It’s nothing. I mean...

- But it's not a big deal... - What?

- Really, it's nothing. - I'm so sorry we dragged you here.

No, don't worry about it!

Stop it!

I'm so sorry. I just wanted to throw you a party.

Just like 10 years ago. Why didn't you tell me?

Calm down! It's not so serious.

It's just a divorce.

I'm just a divorced middle-aged woman, for fuck's sake.

You know what's the worst part?

I'm exactly where I was 10 years ago.

I've done nothing with my life.

- We still have time. - No, we don't.

The ice caps are melting, we're all going extinct...

Civilization is falling and everything is going to burn!

I didn't mean to be all doom and gloom.

I'll pull through like always.

Everything is shit right now, but it won't last forever.

Nothing will.

Except you and me.

Everything seems to be going well for you.

Eh? You have a PhD and everything.

It won't matter when the world ends.

You've got that Viking over there. He might come in handy.

All right, give me a job, baby.

- This is simple enough for you. - Stop it.

I'm a great cook nowadays.