Crazy Days
Directed by: Adel Abidin
Finland / 2005 / 13 mins / DVD / English
Set on the opening day of “Crazy Days,” the annual sale of the largest department store in Helsinki, which pulls people into a Mecca of consumption, the video depicts the absurdities of Finnish life from the perspective of an Iraqi immigrant. The film captures loneliness and the experience of distance between people.
Tags: consuemrism finland immigrant iraq ritual lonliness
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