Young Love (I) (2001)

Joonas Nordman: Jukka

Quotes 

• Martti : Very good, excellent! Let's take a couple a bit closer. But it can't be done without light. Everything is based on light. Even colors are made of light. There are no colors in the dark, only black and white. A lens can bring you close to distant things. It is easier to approach a person that way too, isn't it? You must understand what you're shooting. You have to find the soul of your object.

  Jukka : I thought you didn't believe in souls.

  Martti : Only in photography. Just as there is a dark side to every soul, every picture craves shade.

• Martti : Did you know that a man is truly in love when he wants a baby? What a fool I was.

  Jukka : I don't think it's silly at all.

  Martti : It is! Love makes you do silly things, like running around at night smashing cameras. Did you even take any pictures?

  Jukka : A little something.

  Martti : A little something? I just don't tolerate with such modesty! You either shoot out of passion or you don't shoot at all! Photography is about seeing things others can't see.

• Martti : What is God like?

  Jukka : I don't know. But I think He loves all people.

  Martti : But you aren't sure.

  Jukka : Mom taught me that when I was little.

  Martti : God bless all the middle-class mothers! I wish I could believe it too.

  Jukka : Who says you can't?

  Martti : What would my old comrades say if I suddenly started to believe in God?

  Jukka : I bet they wouldn't say a word, because they aren't here.

  Martti : I have underestimated your wits. You are the only one who's good enough.