August Fools

Comedy, Romance

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Taru Mäkelä

Status Released

Release Date 2013-10-04

Storyline

An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover comes to town to perform at a "peace and friendship festival", her well-organised life is jolted out of balance.