Kukushka (movie trailer)

You all talk about languages, I want to say a few, very few things about the movie.

It was GREAT. I can't remember ever laughing so heartidly whie watching any movie!!!
So original, so comic. And so fascinating, especially the shamanistic ritual which I hold to be based on true customs.

Folks!!
Whoever hasn't seen this yet, find it and enjoy!

I found it at the Cincinnati public library, NTSC and all!

Thanks for pointing out that the Finnish was slow! After having lived in Stockholm for a while I managed to learn some, but Ville Haapasalo left me in the dust! It seemed at times that Anni's Sami was close at times to Finish, like when she beckens them to come by saying something similar to "menään".

Oh yeah, and Wow! great movie! Thanks for posting.

I don't really think it was slow...just basicmodelling and I do a lot of bantering back and forth but for sure it's got to be a great film to see :)

Yeah, I got that. Point being: Finnish is no picnic to learn and then, to make matters worse, Ville goes at it lickety-split in this movie.(Though I have to wonder if there is a human being on the planet who does have a command of all three languages - I do well in Russian and some Finnish, but I flunked Sami in college.) Nevertheless, come 'round, say 8-ish and I'll pop it in for us to watch. It's almost as entertaining as reading the banter between the two of you. Thanks for the chuckle.

when I was first to Finland in 1960, nobody at the family farm knew english so dictionary and what I remembered from my grandmother who emigrated 1902...then I went to Joensuu and visited a penpal...her English was great...one day 2 friends of hers came 'round who knew no English so I used my Finnish...those girls would laugh and giggle often...after they left, I asked my friend why they laughed..she said 'your Finnish is so quaint' so I'd been using proper Finnish from1902 :)

I have many hidden talents.. most of them unknown even to me.. :)

yes, I am proposing you as comrade counsellor to the world - suitable bonuses and severance package of course :)

Well, I won't settle for any less than $1.000.000.000 as compensation for ruining the world.. :)

ok, just go to the payouts window at the reserve bank of Zimbabwe and get paid off :)