The Year of the Wolf
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- Runtime
- 102 mins
Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides toabandon his wife, children and idea of a perfect life. Both characters have been tooscared to live their lives to the brim for too long. But they meet, and in spite oftheir prejudices and reserved natures, they manage to create a dramatic and movingmodern romance which confronts numerous taboos. While the imagery explores theboundary between life and death in a most poetic way, the odd couple's romance istold with both bite and humour. Society - be it in the shape of angry ex-wives,overprotective parents, conservative aunts or embittered colleagues - is doing whatit can to put a spanner in the works."
Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides toabandon his wife, children and idea of a perfect life. Both characters have been tooscared to live their lives to the brim for too long. But they meet, and in spite oftheir prejudices and reserved natures, they manage to create a dramatic and movingmodern romance which confronts numerous taboos. While the imagery explores theboundary between life and death in a most poetic way, the odd couple's romance istold with both bite and humour. Society - be it in the shape of angry ex-wives,overprotective parents, conservative aunts or embittered colleagues - is doing whatit can to put a spanner in the works."
Cast
- Krista Kosonen
- Kari Heiskanen
- Johanna af Schultén
- Kai Vaine
- Ville Virtanen
- Katariina Kaitue
- Kristiina Halttu
- Jukka Puotila
- Anne-Mari Alaspää
- Aksa Korttila
- Olli Rahkonen
- Manna Jäntti
- Susanna Laine
- Oiva Lohtander
- Jorma Tommila
- Maria Sid
- Tea Ista
- Kalle Holmberg
- Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
- Aarre Karén
- Stig Fransman
- Pekka Hanni
- Jari Hannuniemi
- Mika Väisänen
- Elena Leeve
Director
- Olli Saarela
Producers
- Ilkka Matila
Screenwriter
- Mika Ripatti