Kesäkapina (1970)

01/23/1970 (FI) • 1h 21m

Drama

Overview

Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969 travelling around Finland, mostly with another girl and her boyfriend. Sporting the latest fashions and trendy hairdos, they naïvely observe and criticise the modern consumer society, advertising, fancy boats and summer cottages, country dances, barbecues, and any other phenomena that were supposed to bother angry young intellectuals in those days. The plot and the political agenda are delivered with a cheerful, tongue-in-cheek mixture of documentary observations, fake TV commercials, fake interviews, philosophical voiceovers and titles, and a jazzy soundtrack by the progressive rock group Wigwam.

Top Billed Cast

Titta Karakorpi

Susanna, photo model

Hannu Oravisto

Veli, Susannas brother

Veikko Honkanen

marketing chief Jarmo Nieminen

Petra Frey

insurance clerk Katri Pellinen

Eero Melasniemi

Eki, Katris boyfriend

Ritva Arvelo

Mrs. Heinä

Topi Reinikka

Mr. Heinä, advertiser

Iris-Lilja Lassila

Lady of the House

Lauri-Juhani Ruuskanen

vicar of Hirvensalmi


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Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

consumerism

rebellious youth

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