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The Year of the Wolf
The Year of the Wolf

The Year of the Wolf

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DramaRomance

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Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides toabandon his wife, children and idea of a perfect life. Both characters have been tooscared to live their lives to the brim for too long. But they meet, and in spite oftheir prejudices and reserved natures, they manage to create a dramatic and movingmodern romance which confronts numerous taboos. While the imagery explores theboundary between life and death in a most poetic way, the odd couple's romance istold with both bite and humour. Society - be it in the shape of angry ex-wives,overprotective parents, conservative aunts or embittered colleagues - is doing whatit can to put a spanner in the works."

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Budget

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Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Runtime

102 mins

Rating

6.1/10

Release Date

02 February 2007

Country

Finland

Cast

Krista Kosonen

Krista Kosonen

Sari Karaslahti

Kari Heiskanen

Kari Heiskanen

Mikko Groman

Johanna af Schultén

Johanna af Schultén

Mikaela

Kai Vaine

Kai Vaine

Ilari

Ville Virtanen

Ville Virtanen

Leif

Katariina Kaitue

Katariina Kaitue

Marjatta Jokela

Kristiina Halttu

Kristiina Halttu

Sari's Mother

Jukka Puotila

Jukka Puotila

Sari's Father

Anne-Mari Alaspää

Anne-Mari Alaspää

Riikka

Aksa Korttila

Aksa Korttila

Lotta

Olli Rahkonen

Olli Rahkonen

Matias

Manna Jäntti

Manna Jäntti

Heidi

Susanna Laine

Susanna Laine

Mia

Oiva Lohtander

Oiva Lohtander

Otto Johansson

Jorma Tommila

Jorma Tommila

Jarkko Salminen

Maria Sid

Maria Sid

Terttu Salminen

Tea Ista

Tea Ista

Lene-täti

Kalle Holmberg

Kalle Holmberg

Mikaela's Father

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

Aunt Liselott

Aarre Karén

Aarre Karén

Erik

Stig Fransman

Stig Fransman

Valentin

Pekka Hanni

Pekka Hanni

Guard

Jari Hannuniemi

Jari Hannuniemi

Smoking Patient

Mika Väisänen

Mika Väisänen

MRI-hoitaja

Elena Leeve

Elena Leeve

Lotan ääni (voice)

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