The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
This love story finds a lonely teacher resisting the advances of an interested co-worker. She is fearful of affection and relationships due to a previous romance that did not work out. The small-town school marm tries to help a male student who has been suspended for drunkenness. She tutors the young man, and soon the two engage in a tender and passionate love affair in which both people reach out and touch each other physically and emotionally.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Erkko KivikoskiDirector
- Kerttu-Kaarina SuosalmiScreenplay
- Lasse MårtensonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maarita MäkeläMarja Karden
- Eero MelasniemiAntti Salminen
- Kurt IngvallTiitus Lauren
- Urpo PoikolainenE. Salminen
- Marja-Leena KoukiPirjo
- Asta BackmanKaisa Palmu
- Seija SoraEnglish teacher
- Lasse ViljasHead master
- Hildegard KoivistoAlma Koskinen
- Seppo JokelaMatti Vanhala
- Edit PoikolainenAntti's mother
Themes
lakebased on novel or bookboatschool