A biopic celebrating small pleasures
FINNISH boxer Olli Mäki is the subject of The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki, which follows Mäki's two weeks leading up to his World Championship bout against America's reigning champion Davey Moore.
Mäki's happiest day was not, however, winning that featherweight title on Aug 17, 1962 in Finland. Mäki, played here by Jarkko Lahti, has fallen in love. He is in Helsinki, training, glad-handing the sponsors, pandering to the press and bearing the hopes of the nation, yet, the heart and mind of this ambivalent hero a…
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