Actor Joonas Saartamo explores his own and his late grandfather’s story in the Tiedustelijat documentary.
– The biggest change process started when I had my own child. Suddenly there was someone in the world that made me feel really meaningful. My existence has a purpose, says Joonas Saartamo in the documentary. Over
Actor Joonas Saartamo’s grandfather Hannes Vehniäinen (1897–1970) was an intelligence officer in World War II. He headed the intelligence department named after himself, the Vehniae department.
Ari Matikainen Seen above Inquisitors-documentary, Joonas sets out to find out the story of his grandfather, whom he calls Hanski. The research trip leads not only to the secret history of Päämaja, but also to Joonas’s innermost self. He wants to find out where his anger is coming from.
– I have had a lot of anger inside me, which has burst out in the wrong ways, especially when I was younger, says Optimi therapist Joonas For Kira Gyllenbögel.
– Can there be a continuation here?
Joonas, who was born ten years after Hannes Vehnienäinen’s death, has never met his father. Interest in him arose when Joonas heard his grandfather’s voice in an interview from the wartime. Over
Joonas believes that Hanski, who died in 1970, developed resentment, bitterness and anger from the war years. The grandchild suspects that the grandfather hardly knew how to deal with his emotions. Maybe my own Checkmate-father has also struggled with showing them.
– I feel like I’m the next in line. Does the anger come from there or from my own childhood experience? Joonas asks before having to interrupt his speech.
He is moved and wipes tears from his eyes.
– Where did the sadness come from? Gyllenbögel wants to know.
Joonas is crying. Many things come crashing down, and grandpa feels closer now than ever before. Joonas also wants to learn to deal with his own emotions and break the chain of trauma that is passed down from generation to generation.
– I have difficulties with the emotional reactions of one child and I rage in a computer game when I lose to a teenager from the other side of the world, Joonas describes in the documentary.
– I find it quite easy to get into the role of another person and identify with it when everything is already written. But who am I when I’m not acting? Sometimes it’s time to search, Joonas admits in the documentary. Kinocompany
He already experienced gaming rage as a child, as the training psychotherapist recalls Pirjo to Tuhkasaari.
– I have had really strong feelings of anger since I was a child. When I’ve lost at a video game, I’ve ripped the computer joysticks and diplomas off the wall and trashed everything.
Hate trainer Jari Koponen with Joonas reflects more closely on his own role as a father and as a breaker of the trauma chain.
– My helplessness arises from the fact that I wouldn’t want my own child to carry the burden of hatred that I felt I had.
– It is difficult to find the right ways to be with the child if I have noticed signs of temperament and big feelings.
Joonas wants to learn how to give his daughter as multi-level, safe and loving a childhood as possible – and at the same time a future. He has one wish:
– That future generations would not have to step into as many bear traps.
– Yes, you are so dear to me, Matti’s father says to Joonas, also referring to his sister Venla. Over
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