Weg - a short movie 2025
One of the driver’s hands is visible. He presses some keys, and the bus starts driving. You hear indistinct voices talking, the low roar of the bus, and its indicators. Through the front window, you see coloured lines, arrows, and some other buses. The bus drives upwards through different levels, but every level looks the same. The bus reaches the exit. The gate opens, the engine grows louder, until only the rhythmic roar is left.
Kuusamo
We drive 800 km south from Kuusamo to Helsinki. It's dark; the sun sets at 3 pm. The lights shine a few metres ahead, just reaching the tree trunks. The bus drives at 90 km/h over the frozen road. The drivers are so skilled that it feels completely safe. We stop at petrol stations every few hours. People curl up in their seats or sleep in the narrow aisle. The treetops are hardly separable from the sky. Every 20 km, two or three houses appear, and sometimes we pass a village where the streetlights disrupt the landscape. If there hadn't been snow, the darkness would have been complete.