Background
A play men should see
After the success of Men Can't Be Raped , actress Minttu Mustakallio returns to Lillan this autumn with a monologue based on Märta Tikkanen's classic story The Love Story of the Century.
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What does love mean? A contemporary puppet theatre performance delves into the sociology of Romanticism
There are people who would never have fallen in love if they had never heard of love. - François de la Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
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What happened to Lempi?
The year is 1944. As a result of a bet, Lempi falls in love with the young farmer Viljami and becomes pregnant. A war breaks out and Lempi stays in a remote village in Lapland with a maid girl named Elli. When Viljami returns home from the front, Lempi has disappeared. No one knows where and why.
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The monologue expands on the themes of the classic work
"A classic work gives permission for new kinds of interpretations and the exploration of new perspectives, which the audience mirrors against the already familiar work," says Riikka Oksanen .
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The image of a modern person
A mother and daughter are sitting near the cemetery, waiting for the family's son Aksle. A neighbour and his ex-wife, siblings who have lost their father together with the widow arrive, and finally Aksle. She says that she wants to disappear and start her life over somewhere else.
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