Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen, behind “Compartment No. 6” and “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki”– both awarded in Cannes – will now turn his attention to new series “Yours, Margot,.” Th…
Based on Meri Valkama’s novel, “Compartment” will be produced, just like his previous films, by Helsinki-based, with “Compartment” scribes Andri Feldmanis and Livia Ulman also on board. This time Kuosmanen dissects the experiences of Vilja, who spent her childhood in East Berlin, following her foreign correspondent father. After his death, she finds old letters to “Erich,” all from mysterious “Margot.” Now, as an adult, she decides to return to Berlin and track her down.
“This move into series wasn’t some strategic decision. We both loved the book, but there are so many side characters – it just needed a wider scope. It wasn’t necessarily about saying that from now on, we will make more TV at Aamu or more TV with Juho, since he is already such an established filmmaker. It came from the content,” he says.
“’Zone B’ was a short format TV series, it was a great project with a fantastic non-professional cast and a very collective way of working. I don’t really see our industry as so divided between series and cinema anymore, so I never thought of it as my ‘series debut.’ Actually, short format is super interesting and I would be happy to do it again some day,” he observes.
“We will prioritize these relationships, because that’s what Juho does so well. If you look at his films, in ‘Compartment’ [based on Rosa Liksom’s novel] it’s all about this shared intimacy. In ‘Olli Mäki,’ you have a boxing world championship, but it’s all about two people [falling in love]. We will play with the same elements in the show.”
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