Kesäkapina

Kesäkapina

1970 · 81 min · ★ 5.1 · Drama

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.

Directed by Jaakko Pakkasvirta · Written by Titta Karakorpi

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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
Matti Ruohola Pekka, manager
Jaakko Talaskivi interviewer
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