Overview
With a keen sense of visual beauty, director Markku Lehmuskallio has created a thought-provoking, aesthetic film about a married couple and an old man living in a remote part of Finland. The young husband goes out hunting but only to support himself and his wife, not to kill off hordes of animals. He sets traps, and that gets him in trouble with the police who proceed to ticket him for using the devices. The forest cycles themselves are intimated when an old tree is shown falling to earth -- perhaps a reflection on the old man's passing years. In contrast to these few people living off the land and basically keeping the ecological balance intact, a highway construction crew is shown at work felling trees. Soon the antagonism grows between encroaching civilization and the quiet life of the young couple and elderly man.
Production
Suomi-Filmi · SVT · SVT Drama · Svenska Filminstitutet
Cast & Characters
Pertti Kalinainen
Petteri Jokiaho
Paavo Katajasaari
Paavo, the Father
Hilkka Matikainen
Hilkka Jokiaho
Eero Kemilä
Forester
Mari Holappa
Neighbor
Heikki Holappa
Neighbor
Directors & Crew
Markku Lehmuskallio
Writer
Markku Lehmuskallio
Producer
Markku Lehmuskallio
Director
Screenshots & Stills
