2 Movies Starring Paavo Hukkinen

Scarlet Week

Scarlet Week

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1954-02-26

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

70 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (135 Reviews)

Director:

Matti Kassila

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Jarl Hemmer (novel)

Matti Kassila

Fullplot:

A Bergmanesque triangle drama. After a weekend of dancing and camping on a recreation island near the city, a young factory worker decides to stay and cut work for a day. Walking around the now deserted island, he meets a beautiful woman camping alone and sunbathing in the nude on the beach. A hot romance flares up between the worker and the more upper-class married lady, lasting through the light-filled nights of the whole summer week until the woman's much older husband returns to the island the next weekend.

The Year of the Hare

The Year of the Hare

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-12-23

Languages:

Finnish, English

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

129 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (885 Reviews)

Director:

Risto Jarva

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Risto Jarva

Kullervo Kukkasjèrvi

Arto Paasilinna (novel)

Arto Paasilinna (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life.

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