People in the Summer Night

Movie

1948

1h 6m

Finnish

Drama

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6.4

People in the Summer Night

Movie

1948

1h 6m

Finnish

Drama

A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.

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Cast

Helka

Nokia

Hilja Syrjämäki

Jalmari Syrjämäki

Arvid

Teliranta

Martta Teliranta

Old lady of Teliranta

Santra Mettälä

Jukka Mettälä

Selma Teliranta

Matti Puolamäki

Constable

Doctor

base farm host

"gentlemanly" man in Mettälä

Hilma Salo

old granny on the road

Santeri Karilo

liquor dealer

Ale Porkka

the man of the cottage

Kerttu Pälvi

Emmi

Heikki Packalén

Selma's boyfriend

Tarmo Manni

Iivari Pietilä

Directed By: Valentin Vaala

Written By: Valentin Vaala (Screenplay), Usko Kemppi (Screenplay), + 2 more

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Thomcat

5 years ago

There seems to be a implicit gay character. The cinematography by Eino Heino is excellent. The film offers a ‘warm-hearted and sensitive’ evocation of the ordinary but compressed for dramatic purposes.

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