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Watch this exclu­sive clip from your new favourite box­ing movie

10 Apr 2017

Words by Joel Blackledge

The Hap­pi­est Day in the Life of Olli Mäki is the Finnish box­ing rom-com you nev­er knew you needed.

It’s a box­ing movie, Jim, but not as we know it. Every since it yomped to vic­to­ry in the Un Cer­tain Regard strand at the 2016 Cannes Film Fes­ti­val, Juho Kuosmanen’s The Hap­pi­est Day in the Life of Olli Mäki has been steal­ing hearts across the globe.

The film con­cerns Finland’s attempt at glob­al box­ing suprema­cy via the gloved paws of one Olli Mäki (Jarkko Lahti) – per­haps one of the most avun­cu­lar and midl-man­nered pugilists every to set foot on the circuit.

It looks at the inter­sec­tion of pri­vate and pro­fes­sion­al lives, as Olli is fast-tracked to the pro­fes­sion­al tier and must pon­der over where that leaves him with regard to his dot­ing girl­friend, Rai­ja (Oona Airola).

This bit­ter­sweet com­e­dy is shot in gor­geous black-and-white and on film, and to give you a lit­tle taster of what that looks like, please take a glance at the exclu­sive clip below.

Direc­tor Kuos­ma­n­en is in Lon­don on 19 April and LWLies edi­tor David Jenk­ins will be ask­ing him ques­tions after a screen­ing of Olli Mäki at the ICA. Advance tick­ets are avail­able here.

Two illustrated book covers depicting a smiling Black man wearing a hat and tie, with a city skyline in the background

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