Icaros: Fallen Europe

Icaros: Fallen Europe

58 mins | Documentary | Aug. 28, 2011

Pekka Jalkanen, a Finnish modern music composer, begins to compose his Russian Concerto – a concerto of longing for home – in his childhood’s home, near Russian border. At the same time, his mind makes a trip to Mother Russia and to Balkans to collect materials for his upcoming work. Analysing reasons for economical and cultural chaos in the new united Europe, the composer finally arrives at the tomb of Andrei Tarkovsky, a Russian master of world’s cinema, near Paris, to respect the memory of the auteur who spoke about longing in his films.

Icaros: Fallen Europe

58 mins | Documentary | Aug. 28, 2011

Icaros: Fallen Europe
Pekka Jalkanen, a Finnish modern music composer, begins to compose his Russian Concerto – a concerto of longing for home – in his childhood’s home, near Russian border. At the same time, his mind makes a trip to Mother Russia and to Balkans to collect materials for his upcoming work. Analysing reasons for economical and cultural chaos in the new united Europe, the composer finally arrives at the tomb of Andrei Tarkovsky, a Russian master of world’s cinema, near Paris, to respect the memory of the auteur who spoke about longing in his films.
Producers Bad Taste Ltd.
Original title Ikaros - Langennut Eurooppa
Directors Rax Rinnekangas
Writers Rax Rinnekangas

Cast

Pekka Jalkanen

as Himself