I went to film school when I was 17, and of course when you are very young you … - Pirjo Honkasalo

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Pirjo Honkasalo

I went to film school when I was 17, and of course when you are very young you think that there is nothing else in the world except film. At some point I started getting hungry to see something else. For five years I didn't make any films, I was traveling around the world, writing for newspapers, working in theater, working in opera, I thought I would never return to film.

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