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- Here?

No, on the outside.

All right, but how?

You take care of the paperwork.

I'll come when I can.

You can't.

Listen, Mikkonen.

I don't think

I have a choice.

I'm thinking of getting

out of here soon.

I see.

How?

Don't know yet. Somehow.

Getting out is no big deal.

Lots of guys have done it.

But they were brought back...

...and ended up doing twice

as much time as before.

They stayed around here,

or went to Sweden,...

...or headed to the nearest

bar and got loaded.

You've got to get further away.

Italy or Africa,...

...at least for a while.

I've been thinking

about Mexico or Brazil.

Even better.

But that takes money.

You think I haven't planned it

all a hundred times?

First you need three grand

for a passport,...

...then ten more for the seamen

to hide you in the cargo...

...and let you off...

...somewhere around the equator.

But it's dangerous.

If the cargo starts

to shift in a storm.

Lots of guys

have died that way.

You gotta go underground...

...until you get a passport

and find the right ship.

How many years

do you have left?

Eight, for manslaughter.

But I'm innocent.

Are you?

At least in God's eyes.

In a way I did kill him,...

...but the truth is I didn't.

The result was the same:

He died...

and I was sent here.

AII right, let's go then.

I'm 37 now.

Eight more would make me

about 43, more or less.

But I won't last three hours

outside without killing somebody.

Kasurinen.

What?

You can take that mop

to bed with you tonight.

Why?

Pretend it's your wedding night.

Kasurinen, Taisto.

You can't see him now.

He's in solitary.

- Why?

- For violent behavior.

He's not violent.

The guard whose jaw

he broke disagrees.

- It wasn't him.

- Come back Sunday.

He'll return to his cell tonight

if he calms down.

It's his birthday.

Would you give these to him?

Happy birthday.

I didn't mean

to start without you.

Age has given me

a sweet tooth.

But nobody sends me anything.

It's my own fault.

When other boys had their eyes on

girls, I sat in juvenile prison...

...for taking an old

crippled granny's sleigh.

Mikkonen.

What?

It's not my birthday.

It's in the winter.

The deal's off.

- You can't do that!

- Why not?

I hear bitter laughter

echoing in the darkness

Tonight I won't accuse you

of anything

Because for you I would walk

through a desert haze

On this autumn night

my mind is blue

Tonight no stars shine

to comfort me

I guess it's useless

to hope for anything

Best to drown myself

in the night

Where's the other witness?

There is no other witness.

I'll get someone.

Before these witnesses,

I ask you, Irmeli Pihlaja.;

Do you take Taisto Kasurinen

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