| Da Capo | |
|---|---|
 Original Finnish film poster | |
| Directed by | Pirjo Honkasalo Pekka Lehto |
| Written by | Pirjo Honkasalo Pirkko Saisio |
| Produced by | Pekka Lehto Katinka Faragó |
| Starring | Raimo Karppinen Jan Söderblom Tarmo Manni Rea Mauranen Eeva-Maija Haukinen |
| Cinematography | Kari Sohlberg |
| Edited by | Tuula Mehtonen |
| Music by | Atso Almila |
Production company | P-Kino Oy |
| Distributed by | Sandrew Film & Theater |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Countries | Finland Sweden |
| Language | Finnish |
| Budget | FIM 6,5 million[1] |
Da Capo is a 1985 Finnishbiographicaldrama film directed byPirjo Honkasalo andPekka Lehto. It is loosely based on the life of violinistHeimo Haitto (1925–1999) as the foster son of his teacherBoris 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.[1]
The film was shot mostly on theWest Coast of the United States, mainly in California. With a budget of six and a half millionFinnish marks, it was themost expensive Finnish film beforeRauni Mollberg'sThe Unknown Soldier, which was completed the same year.[1]
Da Capo was awarded at film festivals inFigueira da Foz, Portugal, andGhent, Belgium.Paul Jyrälä [fi] received theJussi Award for the film's sound design.[2]
Mrs. Arsi, the mother of a Finnishworking-class family, sells her 13-year-old talentedviolinist son Arto to be adopted by the famous teacher Sergei Rippas. At the home of the stern and eccentric man, Arto learns that, according to the contract, he is not allowed to see his family for ten years. Rippas takes his young adult prodigy to the United States to give a concert, but he disappears into the Las Vegas night. Suvi Ekman, a local young Finnish woman hired by Rippas, finds Arto in jail on charges of interfering with a minor. Suvi, Arto, and Sergei Rippas tour the West Coast, and during all this, Suvi and Arto fall in love.
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