Review: Geneve
Geneva is a wonderfully acted, tragic picture of the time
MONEY EATS PEOPLE
Geneva is a magnificent theatre, theatre of its own. Geneva is a text that
bursts into life only when interpreted by the actors. And these actors
live the text. You can clearly see that everyone enjoys their work.
Written and directed by Pasi Lampela, Geneva is a story about the casino economy
said winners. Henrik and Anna Rotko (Merja Larivaara and
Carl-Kristian Rundman) have left Finland to escape suspicions of crime
Geneva.
After years, Henrik is acquitted of the charges due to lack of evidence. But
Of course, everyone knows that fraud has been committed and that the money is in tax havens.
Henrik throws a party in honor of the court’s decision, but suddenly appears
a man from the past (Pekka Laiho) to demand something.
The main plot of Geneva is built on relationship problems. Henrik and Anna
Marriage is as lifeless as the plexiglass interior of the gentry. Nor
The return of a man from the past does not help in any way.
Tiina and Pekka (Ursula Salo, Eppu Salminen), the union
is almost spread out.
The deeper currents of the play run through the restructuring of the global economy.
People seem to be able to run on money. No one controls anymore
movements of capital, but it is important to consume in order for production to run
More and more money.
Money accumulates in the hands of a few, malaise, poverty and inequality increase throughout the
on a global scale.
Lampela asks, is the game too tough even for the mightiest? Is there a profit
In such a world, it is no longer worth the price? Does anyone know anymore what
Is it really happening to the Earth and people?
The truth is
difficult to face ́
The gorges have lived in Geneva for 17 years, fleeing domestic court proceedings.
They have a child with an intellectual disability, they live a strange shadow life, but
they have money.
Henrik’s subordinate, Pekka Männistö, who makes money from disasters, feels,
that he will soon lose his humanity. He wants to get away, his alcohol-immersed
his wife no longer knows what is going on.
An old economist, almost a Nobel winner, has already lost his money
and their health, too. He came to the Gorges in search of something, but the truth
encounters are difficult.
Pekka Laiho just keeps getting better as he gets older. Carl-Kristian Rundman always has to
to play twisted yuppies, but Henrik is not just a jerk, he is
a deeply unhappy person. Also unhappy is Anna, played by Merja Larivaara ,
But the seed of change lives in him. Anna is the center of the whole story.
In the play
Everything is in place
Ursula Salo as an alcoholic young wife is excellent. He is
former top of the class, who is now in a foreign country without a career of his own and
opportunities, you can’t do anything but get into loose sexual relationships and
Drink vodka. Husband Eppu Salminen gradually begins to see their lives
meaninglessness.
Pihla Penttilä plays the intellectually disabled character of the Gorges in a downright tearful manner
daughter.
Geneva is the most important play of the autumn so far. It plays
gloriously, it is a bit reminiscent of the American playwrights Edward
Albee or Eugene O’Neill’s stories, but it has its own social
message that strikes at the very moment.
On top of that, Pasi Lampela’s text is full of black humour, its Lampela
I’m not sure how to do it.
The set design is excellent, it presents a sparse design designed by an interior architect
a cold home. The spacious stage gives the actors space.
Lampela has not prolonged the performance, the whole story is carried out in less than
in two hours, nothing is too much, everything you need is said.