HopeaCine: The President's Ride

HopeaCine is a film series for seniors, featuring new Finnish films screened once a month. Each screening is followed by a discussion with filmmakers or film experts who share insights into the film's creative process.

October's film is "The President's Abduction", based on true events. After a heavy night of drinking, a group of ambitious officers decides to kidnap Finland's first president, the retired K. J. Ståhlberg - in 1930. The stubborn Ester Ståhlberg refuses to abandon her husband even in such circumstances, and insists on joining the kidnappers in the same car. What follows is a journey through a turbulent Finland, where rumours and history intertwine - and it remains unclear what was fact and what was fiction in this extraordinary abduction.