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WROCLAW. The film "The happiest day Olli Myaki" received the Fipressi prize from the European Film Academy.

The award ceremony of the European Film Awards 2016 ended with the triumph of the tragicomedy Maren Adé Toni Erdmann, who received five awards in the main categories. Against the background of the unconditional victory of the German-Austrian film, the FIPRESCI prize and the title “Discovery of the Year”, received by the Finnish film Hymyilevä mies, may seem like a less significant achievement. But for Juho Kuosmanen (Juho Kuosmanen), this award is another link in a series of endless success. Hymyilevä mies (“Smiling Man”), named “The happiest day in the life of Olli Myaki” at the Russian box office, won the “Special Look” program at the Cannes Film Festival, received the Golden Eye Prize at the Grand Prix festival in Zurich the festival "Beginning" in St. Petersburg, the State Prize of Finland, nominated from Finland for an Oscar in the category "Foreign Film".

The plot of Hymyilevä mies is based on a true story. Loyalty to the left prevented national team leader boxer Olli Mäki from taking part in the 1960 Olympics. This injustice forced him to go professional. Good luck and crushing defeats awaited him on this path. The picture reflects one of the peak moments of Myaki’s biography - preparation for a dramatic fight with American boxer Davy Moore. With exhausting training, forcing to participate in the likeness of an advertising reality show, the demands to forget about your girlfriend. Kuosmanen’s film, nostalgic, human, seasoned with a bit of restrained Finnish humor, is intimately close and interesting to viewers from different countries. Hence the awards, the warm welcome of the public and the approving remarks of the critics. Olli Myaki and his beloved wife really liked the biopic. They even appear in the frame in one of the most moving scenes of the film as an example to follow for screen heroes. In a week, the remarkable athlete Olli Myaki, who managed not only to win the European Championship in amateur and professional sports, but also to maintain his love, will turn 80 years old.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru