Review: Sinun, Margot

Three hours in Berlin

Art gives strength, increases empathy for others, does good for people and keeps them alive in these gloomy times. It was proven once again when, crushed by the world and tired of people, I sat down in the auditorium of the Helsinki City Theatre.

The Berlin of two eras and the stage adaptation of Meri Valkama’s fine novel You, Margot had been created for the stage in such a captivating way that the three-hour film, which seemed long beforehand, flew by in an instant. When I got up from the bench, my soul was full of happiness, awakened and touched.

The charming Satu Tuuli Karhu is praised by everyone, and I join the chorus: what a capacity for transformation and light there is in her! Simsalabim, and the serious adult is the three-year-old cutest little Vilja in the world.

There is also star material in Lasse Lipponen, who danced so precisely and with his whole body in his solos that even his own body reacted to it.

My third highlight from the brilliant team is set designer Antti Mattila: thank you for pulling me on a time travel to Berlin and its dark, rainy streets.