About this experience
This acclaimed documentary was a major success in Finland and abroad. It takes us into all kinds of saunas — from tent saunas to phone booth saunas — where Finnish men open up in the steam. Directors Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen show how these typically quiet men reveal deeply personal stories when sitting naked in the heat. Some share traumas, others talk about everyday life — pouring water on the stones or sipping a beer. The stories are touching, funny, and surprising — and together with scenes of the Finnish landscape, they form a quiet portrait of a nation.