The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki

Name: The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki
Genre: Biography, Romance, Drama
Released: 2016
Duration: 92 min
Cast: Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola, Eero Milonoff, Joanna Haartti, Esko Barquero

Juho Kuosmanen20161h 32mBiography, Romance, Drama

Why we chose it

In a single week, Finnish boxer Olli Mäki fought for the world title and fell head over heels in love, and his story won Juho Kuosmanen the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes. Shot on a rare film stock that recalls 1960s television, it’s a boxing film where the heart hits harder than the fist.

Synopsis

In Finland in 1962, Olli Mäki is the country’s best featherweight, and in a few weeks he’ll face the American world champion at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki. His manager lines up sponsors, photographers and a film crew, and Olli still has to lose a few kilos, but the scales won’t budge. Then at a wedding he meets Raija, and from that moment he drives to see her more often than he goes to training.