'A Summer Rebellion'
Kesäkapina (Sommarrevolt)
Rivolta d'estate (Italian title)
Letní vzpoura (Czech title)
La désillusion de Susanna (French title)
Sommerrebellion (German title)

Finland 1970 B/W 78min Filminor/FJ-Filmi Oy

***½

Drama

cast: Titta Karakorpi (Susanna), Hannu Oravisto (Veli), Petra Frey (Katri Pellinen), Eero Melasniemi (Eki), Veikko Honkanen (Jarmo Nieminen), Ritva Arvelo, Jaakko Talaskivi, Wigwam (the band), Jaakko Pakkasvirta, Matti Oravisto (narrator)
credits: dir. Jaakko Pakkasvirta (also edit. with Lasse Naukkarinen), prod. Risto Jarva, script Jaakko Pakkasvirta, Lasse Naukkarinen, Peter von Bagh, Titta Karakorpi, Timo Linnansalo, Matti Kuortti, Anssi Blomstedt, Erkki Peltomaa, Esa Vuorinen, Milja Ahola and Juhani Jotuni

Mr. Pakkasvirta may have had a good idea when he started this project – at least it looks like it. It’s a comment for society about the life of it and everything included on the time when the film was made. At same time it tries to be a story about a new star model, who climbs up to the top during the movie and gets everything what famous people can get. The movie starts as a documentary but changes little by little to artistic show and looses its characters to words and views.

The acting in this film is incredibly good. If the movie would have been more like a “normal” drama movie and shot in colour, it would have earned more £.

TRIVIA: This was the very first movie role for Hannu Oravisto (who is the son of Ritva Arvelo and Matti Oravisto).

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