Ariel (1988)

Matti Pellonpää: Mikkonen

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• Mikkonen : Bury my heart at the dump.

• Taisto Olavi Kasurinen : [Taisto is discussing with his cell-mate]  Listen, Mikkonen!

  Mikkonen : I don't think I have a choice.

  Taisto Olavi Kasurinen : I'm thinking of getting out of here soon.

  Mikkonen : I see. How?

  Taisto Olavi Kasurinen : Don't know yet. Somehow.

  Mikkonen : Getting out is no big deal. Lots of guys have done it. But they were brought back and ended up doing twice as much time as before. They stayed around here, or went to Sweden, or headed to the nearest bar and got loaded. You've got to get further away, Italy or Africa, at least for awhile.

  Taisto Olavi Kasurinen : I've been thinking about Mexico or Brazil.

  Mikkonen : Even better. But that costs money. You think I haven't planned it all a hundred times? First, you need three grand for a passport, then ten more for the seamen to hide you in the cargo and to let you off somewhere around the equator. But it's dangerous. If the cargo starts to shift in a storm - Lots of guys have died that way. You gotta go underground until you get a passport and find the right ship.

  Taisto Olavi Kasurinen : How many years do you have left?

  Mikkonen : Eight, for manslaughter. But I'm innocent.

  Taisto Olavi Kasurinen : Are you?

  Mikkonen : At least in God's eyes. In a way, I did kill him, but the truth is I didn't. The result was the same: He died and I was sent here. All right, let's go, then. 37 now. Eight more would make me about 43, more or less. But I won't last three hours outside without killing somebody.

• Taisto Olavi Kasurinen : What do you do normally?

  Mikkonen : What do you mean by "normally"?

• Taisto Olavi Kasurinen : What are those?

  Mikkonen : Sedatives.

  Taisto Olavi Kasurinen : What for?

  Mikkonen : Ask me again in a year.

• Taisto Olavi Kasurinen : Mikkonen!

  Mikkonen : Take the money and run.

• Mikkonen : The ship's called Ariel. Tonight at 10:00 off Hernesaari Point.