The Year of the Wolf

1h 42min

Drama

Romance

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."

Cast

Krista Kosonen

Krista Kosonen

Sari Karaslahti
Kari Heiskanen

Kari Heiskanen

Mikko Groman
Katariina Kaitue

Katariina Kaitue

Marjatta Jokela
Kristiina Halttu

Kristiina Halttu

Sari's Mother
Jukka Puotila

Jukka Puotila

Sari's Father
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
Jari Hannuniemi

Jari Hannuniemi

Smoking Patient
Mika Väisänen

Mika Väisänen

MRI-hoitaja
Elena Leeve

Elena Leeve

Lotan ääni (voice)

Release date

2nd Feb 2007

Status

Released

Spoken languages

suomi