The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (Finnish: Sokea mies, joka ei halunnut nähdä Titanicia) is a 2021 Finnish comedy-drama film directed by Teemu Nikki. It won the best feature film, best screenplay and best leading actor awards from the 2022 Beijing International Film Festival.
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Plot
Jaakko (Petri Poikolainen) has lost his sight and uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. He has a long-distance girlfriend, Sirpa (Marjaana Maijala) who has cancer. When Jaako sets off alone to visit Sirpa he encounters various obstacles.
Cast
Petri Poikolainen as Jaakko
Marjaana Maijala as Sirpa
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 29 critics' reviews are positive. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.