Review: Ateljee
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Emotional turmoil on the needle handle
Brilliant Lèon
Jari Pehkonen plays an excellent portrayal of a person with a Jewish background
businessman Lèon, who has been squeezed a little too hard by the difficult years
juices….
businessman Lèon, who has been squeezed a little too hard by the difficult years
juices….
Touching Simone
Jonna Järnefelt’s Simone is the central character of the story,
a serious and dutiful toiler who would rather break down than any
bends. Järnefelt’s whole being is inspired by wartime tension.
The role work is touching.
a serious and dutiful toiler who would rather break down than any
bends. Järnefelt’s whole being is inspired by wartime tension.
The role work is touching.
Delicious characters are Tiia Louste’s
Mrs. Laurence, the wife of an official and therefore the finer needle user, and
Kristiina Elstelä’s Giséle, radiating motherly warmth. To the junior department of the sewing shop
include Ursula Salo’s wildly funny interpretation of the easy-going Mimi and Vappu
Nalbantoglu’s childish and sensitive Marie.
Mrs. Laurence, the wife of an official and therefore the finer needle user, and
Kristiina Elstelä’s Giséle, radiating motherly warmth. To the junior department of the sewing shop
include Ursula Salo’s wildly funny interpretation of the easy-going Mimi and Vappu
Nalbantoglu’s childish and sensitive Marie.
The presser has an important role to play,
first with a poor man who has experienced the horrors of a concentration camp played by Matti Rasila, and
after him by a political agitator of the new age, whose meticulous
the strict character is shaped by Eppu Salminen…
first with a poor man who has experienced the horrors of a concentration camp played by Matti Rasila, and
after him by a political agitator of the new age, whose meticulous
the strict character is shaped by Eppu Salminen…
Costumes tell a story
The gallery of persons is completed by a wholesaler
Aarno Sulkanen; arrogantly grinning
machine seamstresses, played by Sasu Tuominen and Aku Korhonen; sewing shop owner’s wife, who is torn in two by a warm
heart and practical worries – Leena Uotila’s interpretation has clarity and
power.
Aarno Sulkanen; arrogantly grinning
machine seamstresses, played by Sasu Tuominen and Aku Korhonen; sewing shop owner’s wife, who is torn in two by a warm
heart and practical worries – Leena Uotila’s interpretation has clarity and
power.
A small but essential child role
by Leevi Priha.
by Leevi Priha.
Transitions from one year to the next and
From the 1940s to the 1950s, you can follow the development of clothes and seamstresses’ work jackets.
changing designs and materials. Katariina Kirjavainen’s set design and costumes
exude a sense of style.
From the 1940s to the 1950s, you can follow the development of clothes and seamstresses’ work jackets.
changing designs and materials. Katariina Kirjavainen’s set design and costumes
exude a sense of style.
And that’s just the way it is:
It is a great pleasure for a craftsman to watch all the work going on
in the middle of fabrics, needles, threads and buttons.
It is a great pleasure for a craftsman to watch all the work going on
in the middle of fabrics, needles, threads and buttons.