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People in the Summer Night

Overview

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.

RATING

6.30

DIRECTOR

Valentin Vaala

COUNTRIE

Finland

RELEASE DATE

1948

TIME

1h 6m

GENRE

Drama