The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (Finnish: Sokea mies, joka ei halunnut nähdä Titanicia) is a 2021 Finnish comedy-drama film directed by Teemu Nikki [fi].^[1][2] It won the best feature film, best screenplay and best leading actor awards from the 2022 Beijing International Film Festival.^[3]

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic
Directed by	Teemu Nikki [fi]
Written by	Teemu Nikki
Produced by	Teemu Nikki Pasi Hakkio Jani Pösö
Starring	Petri Poikolainen [fi] Marjaana Maijala
Cinematography	Sari Aaltonen
Production companies	It's Alive Films Wacky Tie Films
Release date	8 September 2021 (2021-09-08) (VFF)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

Plot

Jaako (Petri Poikolainen [fi]) has lost his sight and uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. He has a long-distance girlfriend, Sirpa (Marjaana Maijala) who has cancer. When Jaako sets off alone to visit Sirpa he encounters various obstacles.

Cast

• Petri Poikolainen [fi] as Jaakko
• Marjaana Maijala as Sirpa

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 29 critics' reviews are positive.^[4] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[5]