The year is 1962 and Finnish boxer Olli Mäki is preparing for the world championships in the featherweight category. A talented but humble young man from a small town, he is suddently thrust into the limelight as the nation's hopeful. All he has to do is lose a few pounds and concentrate on the fight. But for one problem: Olli has fallen in Love.
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki Hymyilevä mies
Based on true events from the life of a famous Finnish boxer, Olli Mäki avoids cliche to offer a warm and witty ode to Love. Winner of Un Certain Regard category at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
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