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AyoungboyliveswithhismotheronafarmsurroundedbydeepforestintheremotewildsoftheFinnishcountryside.Fromtimetotime,theboyvisitshisfather-amanofgreatviolence-inprison.Lockedinthestableisanunrulyhorse,theboy'sonlyothercompanion.Theirsimplelifeisdisruptedwhenastrangerappears,withanotefromthefatherandabulletinhisside.Reluctantly,motherandsonofferthestrangerrefuge.<br/> Jukka-PekkaValkeapää'sTheVisitor(nottobeconfusedwiththeThomasMcCarthypicturestarringRichardJenkins)carriesonthevitallessonofAkiKaurismäki,accordingtowhomimagesspeakmorepotentlythanwords,especiallyinFinnishcinema.Valkeapäädoesn'tgoasfarasKaurismäkidid(heactuallymadeasilentfilm,Juha,in1999),butgetsprettyclosethankstohisboldnarrativechoiceofhavingamuteprotagonist.(...)He'soncamerasomethinglike95%oftherunningtime,andthedirectoruseshissilencetopinpointtherealsellingpointofthefilm:thekid'srelationshipwithnature,theonlythingasquietashe.Sincethestorytakesplaceinwinter,Valkeapääguidesus,throughtheprotagonist'seyes,intoalandscapesobeautifulitbeatsthelivingcrapoutofthebestChristmaspostcards.
