Steam of Life

Naked Finns openly pour their hearts to friends and the camera in the sauna, cleansing not only their bodies but also their souls in the heat. Short and very sensual etudes from new and different baths tell stories of love, death and friendship. Stories about life. The almost motionless camera follows at first glance the confessions of the angry men presented by the directors in full, without trying to cut out emotions or stick to the right atmosphere. The men in the sauna are very open and the stories are sometimes so gloomy that it becomes difficult to watch. The "Steam of Life" endlessly poetically and intimately exposes more the soul than the body.

“In the last ten or even more years, there has been a lot of discussion and production in Finland about films about women's emotions and lives. We thought it was time to talk about the gentle side and emotions of a man, ”said film director Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen.