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Thats not quite a wide release, but it isnt exactly small, either.

Jorma Tommila in Sisu.

No, even cult movies have opening weekends now.

The good news is thatSisudeserves that extra push.

Grandfather, they call him.

As the Nazis chase him, he picks them off, sometimes individually and sometimes en masse.

So much so that it all starts to border on a philosophical treatise about survival and perseverance.

The text then adds: Sisu manifests itself when all hope is lost.

The films action embodies this idea repeatedly.

But he doesnt keep his action at a distance.

As a result,Sisuveers between the elemental and the ethereal.

Once its over, it feels like you must have dreamed it.

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