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People in the Summer Night (1948) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1948 · 66 mins · Finnish
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- Directed by
- Valentin Vaala
- Starring
- Eila Pehkonen, Matti Oravisto, Tarmo Manni, Kaisu Leppänen, Kerttu Pälvi, Toivo Lahti
Set over a single luminous summer night in a Finnish rural village, the film weaves together the intertwined lives of its inhabitants. Lumberjacks, the deer‑eyed youth Nokia, a struggling farming family, a young couple, and others experience birth, death, a fatal altercation fueled by alcohol, and the aftermath of loss. Their destinies converge as new life arrives and an old life ends.
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