Steam of Life (Miesten vuoro) TRAILER

[UnclePutte]

Make sauna, not war.

And pass the vihta.

[TheCBGBoy]

This movie is very much about breaking the idea that nudity is "bad". Nudity is healthy, not only because it puts us in touch with our nature, but also because it is an opportunity to leave behind symbols of status, so we can be free. It is so very sad that we have lost the sense of nature, our own nature.

[FlorentinaChicChic]

I watched this movie and it is simply beautiful, touching, carried with so powerful emotions...i highly recommend it! This movie changed the way i saw those men, and the culture of the country itself. My love and respects Finland.

[whitespirituk]

My finnish girlfriend wants me to watch this movie, and i'll do it for sure! those men speaking straight from the heart exude a fantastic emotion in the trailer.

To my 'frenchie' opinion, sauna is the heart of finnish folks...

[darkmage7280]

Did we really lose? Thanks to our veterans, we kept our independence, our sovereignty, our democratic way of life instead of a communist dictatorship... And who got the last laugh? Soviet Union's long gone... and we're still here! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa!

[TheCBGBoy]

@darkmage7280 Are you high? Your comments are so unrelated to the movie (you sound more like an ignorant propagandist payed by FOX). Are you mental or something?

[darkmage7280]

@TheCBGBoy Just because I'm covered in Thousand Island dressing, howling at the moon, and dressed as Lil' Bo Beep doesn't mean I'm mental.

I'm really hurt you suggested something like that.

That, or I responded to an earlier comment, dumbass.

[RoiceKettu]

"Juuso se on rikki nyt." En kyllä ikinä muista, että oisin vuodattanut kyyneliä ja nauranut elokuvan aikana yhtä paljon. Loistava elokuva!

[DickHeadCrab]

@Tjuguskegg666 Haters gonna hate.

[Ptjuusitalo]

In sauna, one sheds their social status among with their clothes. Everyone is equal.

[DickHeadCrab]

@Tjuguskegg666 Saint Andrew lived in XII centure by your logic? Cause he saw russian banya and wrote about that.

[DickHeadCrab]

@Tjuguskegg666 It is not.

[bomteidler]

I'm an American who has recently moved to Finland and I loved the movie. I visited Finland for the first time over 13 years ago and Finnish men and women alike, when asked what should I see when I go there, all responded "sauna." This movie helped me understand a bit more how deeply sauna is such an important part of the Finnish culture. Sure, there are naked men but maybe that's one of the points... no one here cares about that part ;)

[herrahiltunen]

@bomteidler

Hey nice to have u here in finland, btw if u could try to find "pics from finland" here on youtube and if u found that to be funny then u truly have understand what finnish sauna is all about =))

[maarasa]

This film is an exceptional masterpiece. I would have never believed that any documentary could capture the deep spirit of our Finnish sauna, but this film actually does it. In doing so, it's not just about sauna, it's about the truth and the essence of being Finnish. This film is all about the inside. It's straight from the heart and soul of our culture. If you want to understand, you need to see it.

[Woodenlegjoe]

I tought those birch things were used only in russian sauna. I was wrong i guess. excuse mua.

[silverscreenname]

I've only met two finnish people. One was amazed that finnish culture is associated with saunas and the other said he took a weekly sauna with his father his whole life and it was the central event in their life. He said his father once got a rib broke for interrupting a neighbors sauna over something trivial. that's all I got.

[MarkoAlbrecht]

menen katoma new yorkissa viikon loppu.. going to see this documentary in NYC at IFC this weekend.

[mihailkrugtheadonis]

This will be a wonderful movie for us Finnish men living abroad, even if the new generation wouldn't identify itself with the traditional Finnish man.

[Cazxiro]

The guy @1:10 putting the water in the fire is so hott. :O

[dd8630]

Looks like a good movie. Though I'm surprised YouTube allows a video with PENIS (shock horror) in it.

[LapinPete]

@dd8630 There must be something wrong with our values if violence is right but something like this is seen as inappropriate. 

[babsmcnabb1]

@LapinPete I agree Back in Canada for 6mths and dress codes and morality??Has no values My cousin came to Helsinki to visit me and there was a movie showing that showed tits and she said they actually allow porn!!on TV Yet N America has the most pedophiles and sexual perverts Get the values right!!

[diemagus7]

@LapinPete amen

[pme96]

@dd8630 Yes executions, suicides and fatal crashes are fine. A flaccid penis and wrinkled scrotum. Call the cops!

[whitedeath56]

@pme96 Well they don't actually show those. They just report them.

[707thetruth]

wow i love finland this movie looks awesome!

[joonasmikola]

In this movie characters and saunas are pure Finnish. I haven't ever heard about Russian saunas... Anyway, 5/5 stars.

[MulitheFinn]

In Russian sauna? Well all of the men are Finnish and in Finland so I believe most of the saunas are Finnish sauna, can't know for sure though :)

[Woodenlegjoe]

so why they sit in russian sauna? :|

[MarkoAlbrecht]

@Woodenlegjoe finland invented the sauna. check your facts. btw we also beat russia in ww2 but thats another story wooden leg.

[Woodenlegjoe]

@MarkoAlbrecht Finns invented finnish sauna, not russian sauna. Also Finland won WInter War in 1939, not WW2. Fail troll failed.

[willbaboon]

@MarkoAlbrecht To be fair the Saunas that Finland created are rather different to the Saunas used today, so i suppose you could say that Finland invented the Finnish sauna, while Russia invented the russian sauna.. etc etc Also It was the winter war, not WWII... just so you know

[maarasa]

@willbaboon The word 'sauna' is Finnish. The Russian version is called banya. The oldest description of Russian banya is from 1113. Records and other historical evidence indicate that Finns built their first wooden saunas in the 5th or 8th century. Saunas dug into a hill are probably older. Technically it doesn't matter so much how a sauna is built. It's more about how it's used and what is its place in the culture. Finns will build and enjoy their saunas using any means available.

[DickHeadCrab]

@maarasa "1113"

lolwat?

[maarasa]

@DickHeadCrab from year 1113 A.D.

[DickHeadCrab]

@maarasa That`s not.... true.

[DickHeadCrab]

@maarasa implying wikipedia is sourse of information

[maarasa]

@DickHeadCrab What I wrote very explicitly was that the said Wikipedia article gives the source references. I never said nor implied that Wikipedia was the original source. Actually, Wikipedia rules prohibit original research, so it's never the source. Feel free to check those sources if you have any doubts of their validity.

[DickHeadCrab]

@maarasa Why should I? I have wikipedia article saying that Saint Andew wrote he saw himself banya in Rus`. That`s your logic.

[maarasa]

@willbaboon We even had saunas in the bunkers in the front line during WW2. Russia may have officially won WW2, but Finland actually won it in many ways. If we had lost, they would have occupied us. But we retained our independence. That's a major victory. We had to cede small parts of Finland to Russia and to pay the war reparations, but we are independent. By the way, in the Winter War, for every Finnish casualty there were about 10-20 Russian casualties (depending on which estimate you read).

[DickHeadCrab]

@maarasa NO SHIT

[planet2001]

precius!

[ruispala]

huhhuh.