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Timo Humalojas first feature film The White Dwarf is absolutely one of the best so called "art films" that has ever been made in Finland. The Tarkovskian influence is clear, but it doesn't decrease the personal touch that Humaloja has with his film.

The White Dwarf is about the world of tomorrow. A nuclear catastrophe takes place somewhere in the North. Martin Borg is a mining-engineer who gets caught deep in the depths of a mine. The plot of the film is divided in two parts. The first part of the film is about Borg struggle up to the daylight from the deepness of the mine. The second part of the film is about his struggle against the leukemia that the catasptrophe has caused to him.

Pertti Mutanen's camera-work is brilliant, especially in the first part of the film. And Kari Heiskanen in the leading role does fine job as well.

This movie tells about a guy who was caught deep in a mine, when a nuclear accident wiped out the neighborhood. The guy survived, but suffers from leukemia.

The first 20 minutes of this movie are full of suspense and a good start for the movie, but the rest is only seeing this cancer-death sentenced man suffering, and whining about his state to all of his relatives and friends. The flashbacks about the accident more or less confuse the viewers, and the relationship struggles don't seem to drive the movie anywhere.

The ending is pretty odd and blunt, too.

3 points. Try to avoid this if possible.