The Happiest Man on Earth (2019)

03/29/2019 (FI) • 1h 25m

Documentary

Overview

A lonely 40-year-old man sits on the balcony of a Finnish apartment building. Joonas Berghäll has learned that he will die in 14 years’ time, unless he changes his way of living or attitude towards life. Joonas wants to make a film about the state of wellbeing of Finnish men, drawing from his own experiences and mirroring the society at large. The film is built around six stories. It starts with the context of school and proceeds through the contexts of military service, custody battle, burnout and substance abuse to end on the subject of premature death caused by health problems.

Top Billed Cast

Joonas Berghäll

Himself / Narrator


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Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

family relationships

love

death

childhood

fatherhood

marital separation

manhood

ill health

burn out

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