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The Saimaa Gesture

The Saimaa Gesture
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki, Mika Kaurismäki
Produced by Aki Kaurismäki, Mika Kaurismäki
Starring Juice Leskinen
Martti Syrjä
Ismo Alanko
Music by Eppu Normaali
Hassisen Kone
Juice Leskinen Slam
Cinematography Lasse Naukkarinen
Timo Salminen
Toni Sulzbeck
Olli Varja
Edited by Antti Kari
Production
company
Release date
  • 11 September 1981 (1981-09-11)
Running time
128 minutes
Country Finland
Language Finnish

The Saimaa Gesture (Finnish: Saimaa-ilmiö) is a 1981 film by Finnish directors Aki and Mika Kaurismäki. It is a documentary of three Finnish rock groups aboard the steamboat SS Heinävesi on their tour around Lake Saimaa.

The film was shot from 31 May to 7 June on the 1981 "Tuuliajolla" tour by groups Eppu Normaali, Hassisen Kone and Juice Leskinen Slam. The Saimaa Gesture features artist interviews, more than 20 live performances and several acoustic songs filmed aboard the steamer.

The original title Saimaa-ilmiö is an adaptation of the Finnish translation of the 1979 thriller film The China Syndrome (Finnish: Kiina-ilmiö).

The soundtrack album Tuuliajolla was released by Poko Rekords. It was re-released on CD in 1993 and 2007.



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