People in the Summer Night

Name: People in the Summer Night
Released: 1948
Rating: 6.2

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A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. 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 family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.

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Eila Pehkonen

Helka

Martti Katajisto

Nokia

Emma Väänänen

Hilja Syrjämäki

Eero Roine

Jalmari Syrjämäki

Matti Oravisto

Arvid

Tyyne Haarla

Martta Teliranta

Matti Lehtelä

Jukka Mettälä

Kaarlo Halttunen

Doctor

Santeri Karilo

liquor dealer

Director: Valentin VaalaProducer: Risto OrkoScreenplay: Lea JoutsenoScreenplay: Usko KemppiScreenplay: Valentin Vaala

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Thomcat

2020-04-06

There seems to be a implicit gay character. The cinematography by Eino Heino is excellent. The film offers a ‘warm-hearted and sensitive’ evocation of the ordinary but compressed for dramatic purposes.