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Like it or not almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people Its not just a romantic legend In wry but basically directionless Finnish movie Paavo Pentikainen plays one of these ungainly beings a man whose last published work is decades in the past who probably hasnt written anything in years but who still has an uncanny knack for precise observation pinning the tail on the donkey almost every time In the movie the poet accompanied by his young assistant takes a minor celebritys swaggering tour of small cultural centers and retirement homes