People in the Summer Night

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 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.

Direction

Valentin Vaala

Screenplay

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F.E. Sillanpää

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Lea Joutseno

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Usko Kemppi

Valentin Vaala