PARADISE NOTEBOOK

The lighting work is amazing. Those double exposures and macro shots of plants are technically flawless. Visual poetry where light is the main character.

I get the earthly paradise idea, but the execution is too blurry. Lots of camera tricks, but little substance. The image is beautiful, but my mind is blank after watching.

Very tender. The pressed flowers in the notebook reminded me of childhood and summer. The film evokes a feeling of light sadness for passing time.

A beautiful reminder of our connection to the earth. The shot where the hand merges with the roots and soil is very powerful. We’ve forgotten that we are part of this system, not its masters.

This is pure visual ASMR. I could literally feel the texture of the soil and smell the old paper with the herbarium. Very tactile cinema; you just want to reach out and touch the screen.

7 minutes of staring at sun flares and dandelions? Deadly boring. This would work as a screensaver or a spa commercial, but it doesn't work as a film.

Oh, how I liked this film! It resonates so much with my views and values. What could be more beautiful, tender, and harmonious than real living nature? The elusive details and fleeting nuances were conveyed perfectly. Thank you very much!

This is a meditation. The directors showed that humans and nature are permeated by the same light. The film puts you in a trance if you allow yourself to relax and just contemplate.

Typical Finnish arthouse. Slow, silent, with deep respect for the forest. They know how to find magic in a simple ray of light on tree bark.