Da Capo (film)
| Da Capo | |
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Original Finnish film poster | |
| Directed by | Pirjo Honkasalo Pekka Lehto |
| Written by | Pirjo Honkasalo Pirkko Saisio |
| Produced by | Pekka Lehto Katinka Faragó |
| Starring | Raimo Karppinen Jan Söderblom Tarmo Manni Rea Mauranen Eeva-Maija Haukinen |
| Cinematography | Kari Sohlberg |
| Edited by | Tuula Mehtonen |
| Music by | Atso Almila |
Production company | P-Kino Oy |
| Distributed by | Sandrew Film & Theater |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Countries | Finland Sweden |
| Language | Finnish |
| Budget | FIM 6,5 million |
Da Capo is a 1985 Finnish biographical drama film directed by Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto. It is loosely based on the life of violinist Heimo Haitto (1925–1999) as the foster son of his teacher Boris Sirpo in Finland and the United States. The events in the film take place about three decades after Haitto, from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s.
The film was shot mostly on the West Coast of the United States, mainly in California. With a budget of six and a half million Finnish marks, it was the most expensive Finnish film before Rauni Mollberg's The Unknown Soldier, which was completed the same year.
Da Capo was awarded at film festivals in Figueira da Foz, Portugal, and Ghent, Belgium. Paul Jyrälä received the Jussi Award for the film's sound design.