Synopse
Scandinavian surrealism: In Mikko Myllylahti's debut feature, burning cars drift along remote roads in the Finnish taiga – with no-one at the wheel. Pepe is a lumberjack in an idyllic little town in Finland. Ice fishing, evenings in the pub and the occasional affair are what make up everyday life here. Then, within a few days, his quiet life is turned upside down by a series of tragic events – but Pepe seems to take even the bloodiest incident in his stoical stride. It's almost as if he knows a secret hidden beneath the frozen lakes and endless masses of snow.
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MIKKO MYLLYLAHTI (*1980 in Finland) studied direction and screenplay writing at the ELO Film School in Helsinki. His work includes the screenplay for Juho Kuosmanen's debut The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki, which won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes in 2016. Woodcutter Story was awarded the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution at Cannes and was shown in the section Semaine de la Critique.
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Info
Original Title: Metsurin Tarina
International Title: The Woodcutter Story
Category: Feature
Section: Kaleidoskop
Version & Subtitles: Finnish OV with English subtitles
Director: Mikko Myllylahti
Cast/Protagonists: Jarkko Lahti, Iivo Tuuri, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Katja Küttner, Marc Gassot, Ulla Tapaninen, Armi Toivanen, Tomi Alatalo
Production country: Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany
Year of Production: 2022
Length: 99 min
Producer: Jamila Wenske, Emilia Haukka, Jussi Rantamäki
Production company: Aamu Film Company
Sound: Jorma Kaulanen, Peter Albrechtsen
Casting: Minna Sorvoja, Anastasia Lobkovski
co-production company: Achtung Panda! (Jamila Wenske, Beofilm (Peter Hyldahl), Keplerfilm (Koji Nelissen
World Sales: Totem Films
Distributor: eksystent filmverleih
