Emanuel Claesson

Touko Laaksonen, officier héroïque de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, est de retour en Finlande. Mais la vie à Helsinki n’est pas de tout repos. La persécution contre les homosexuels est insidieuse les contraignant le plus souvent à se marier et avoir des enfants. Touko trouve alors refuge dans l’art dessinant dans le plus grand secret des hommes musclés, désinhibés et fiers d’être gays.

Summer by the sea. Young Nadja is about to learn how to swim. In the swim-school she is by far the best at swimming on dry land.

When Emma meets Cassandra, they initiate a relationship filled with physical and psychological challenges. Emma does whatever it takes to master the rules of the game. Lines are crossed and the stakes get higher and higher. Despite this, Emma can't resist the intoxicating feeling of total control.

This short film is both a calm and upsetting portrait of an aging author's sorrow over the death of his long-term partner. Haunted by visions of his late husband, and in conflict with his daughter who is trying to renew the ties between them, he must tackle the impossible task of moving on and finding peace in the wake of a devastating loss.