The title, "White City" (as translated from Finnish) alludes to everything being white and then suddenly I got the idea of a whitewash.
The film is rare in handling divorce and child custody issues from a father's perspective, where husbands and fathers are treated unfairly by the society, the legal system and their ex-wives.
It depicts all the small injustices of the world, which the protagonist, Velimatti, is continuously subjected to. It shows to tell that legally, everything appears to be all-right, while all the protagonist feels is injustice, given for his penchant to trust the world.
Hope may appear in the end, in the last shot, while appearing cold and bleak, refers to a light at the end of the tunnel. Velimatti, whilst secluded from the rest of the world, is also protected from it. And himself.
We don't know what happens next. The hope is that the children will still remember their father and will visit him in their adulthood.
The White City depicts the worst-case scenario of what may be the result of a societal and legal system with bias against a divorce respondent.
The film is rare in handling divorce and child custody issues from a father's perspective, where husbands and fathers are treated unfairly by the society, the legal system and their ex-wives.
It depicts all the small injustices of the world, which the protagonist, Velimatti, is continuously subjected to. It shows to tell that legally, everything appears to be all-right, while all the protagonist feels is injustice, given for his penchant to trust the world.
Hope may appear in the end, in the last shot, while appearing cold and bleak, refers to a light at the end of the tunnel. Velimatti, whilst secluded from the rest of the world, is also protected from it. And himself.
We don't know what happens next. The hope is that the children will still remember their father and will visit him in their adulthood.
The White City depicts the worst-case scenario of what may be the result of a societal and legal system with bias against a divorce respondent.