Kesäkapina backdrop

Kesäkapina 1970 Directed by Jaakko Pakkasvirta

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.

Country Finland
Production Country Finland
Language Finnish
Spoken Language Finnish
Gnere Drama
Production Companies Filminor , FJ-Filmi
Release Date 23 January 1970
81 mins
Cast
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
Eija Pokkinen valokuvamalli Eija Pokkinen
Jorma Pulkkinen Susannan partneri
Erik Uddström aviomies pölyimurimainoksessa / paitansa studiossa riisuva mies
Martti Koski mies ravintolan terassilla
Jaakko Pakkasvirta mies irtokynsimainoksessa