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A visual poem based on a story by Nobel laureate F.E. Sillanpää. 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 f...
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"It starts in the evening, evening turns into night and after all 66 minutes the morning breaks in. Along those hours love finds another while someone is left alone; death is faced with human understanding and new life is welcomed with the greatest joy but the sun never goes down. Nobel-winning writer F.E. Sillanpää's poetic tale is so tight that you won't believe it's over when THE END flashes onto screen. One can easily sense the smell of plains and the touch of a light wind in the night-less night of continuous life. A genuine landmark of Finnish movie...."
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Emma Väänänen, playing Hilja Syrjämäki, was the cinematographer, Eino Heino's wife: the (same name) novel on which the film was based by F.E. Sillanpaa, had told the director (Valentin Vaala) that the real, only character should be just the summer night, but despite contemporary praise for this aspect (cinematography), the film won four national film award recognitions (called 'The Jussi') - but not for this: instead they were for the actors Katajiusto, Roine and Leppanen, plus also for the adapted screenplay / writers.
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A visual poem based on a story by Nobel laureate F.E. Sillanpää. 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 f...