Valkoinen kaupunki

Veli-Matti is a taxi driver in Helsinki. With no sympathy for the drunks and vagrants he passes, he thinks it would be best if the snow simply covered up all the misery. Veli-Matti and his wife Hanna have three children and he is looking after them alone while she is on holiday. He has no idea when she’ll be back. When she finally returns after a two-month absence, Veli-Matti’s life goes into decline. Hanna throws him out. He moves into a shabby apartment and can see his beloved children only occasionally because his wife is granted custody. To add insult to injury, Veli-Matti is at loggerheads with a neighbour, loses his job, is spurned by a prostitute, and finds his guinea pig killed. Veli-Matti loses it and becomes a murderer. (Festival information)