It’s neither a therapist’s office nor a lover’s bed where Finnish men’s deepest feelings about life, love and family are brought to the surface—it’s the sauna. STEAM OF LIFE allows the viewer to become a fly on the wall as it listens in on men—naked men—talking to other men (or occasionally a grizzly bear) in the sanctuary of the country’s ubiquitous saunas. While the saunas themselves are amusingly and ingeniously varied, including a retrofitted trailer, farm equipment, even a phone booth, the stories ring a profoundly universal tone.

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STEAM OF LIFE
Oktober Oy
Joonas Berghäll
Tel: +358.40.709.3331
joonas@oktober.fi