The read
It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969 travelling around Finland, mostly with another girl and her boyfriend. Sporting the latest fashions and trendy hairdos, they naïvely observe and criticise the modern consumer society, advertising, fancy boats and summer cottages, country dances, barbecues, and any other phenomena that were supposed to bother angry young intellectuals in those days. The plot and the political agenda are delivered with a cheerful, tongue-in-cheek mixture of documentary observations, fake TV commercials, fake interviews, philosophical voiceovers and titles, and a jazzy soundtrack by the progressive rock group Wigwam.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Titta KarakorpiWriter
- Matti KuorttiWriter
- Esa VuorinenWriter
- Timo LinnasaloWriter
- Erkki PeltomaaWriter
- Anssi BlomstedtWriter
- Milja AholaWriter
- Jim PembrokeOriginal Music Composer
- Juhani JotuniWriter
- Jaakko PakkasvirtaDirector
- Lasse NaukkarinenWriter
- Peter von BaghWriter
- Jaakko PakkasvirtaWriter
Cast
- Titta KarakorpiSusanna, photo model
- Hannu OravistoVeli, Susannas brother
- Veikko Honkanenmarketing chief Jarmo Nieminen
- Petra Freyinsurance clerk Katri Pellinen
- Eero MelasniemiEki, Katris boyfriend
- Ritva ArveloMrs. Heinä
- Topi ReinikkaMr. Heinä, advertiser
- Iris-Lilja LassilaLady of the House
- Lauri-Juhani Ruuskanenvicar of Hirvensalmi
- Matti RuoholaPekka, manager
- Jaakko Talaskiviinterviewer
- Matti Oravistokertoja
Stills
Themes
consumerismrebellious youth