The Well 1992 Directed by Pekka Lehto Kaivo
This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the police, and a manhunt begins. The police discover the oldest boy alive, and find that the mother tried to drown herself, but has survived. The two younger children remained missing.
Cast
Merja Larivaara
Anna-Maija Laakso
Auvo Vihro
Matti Laakso
Liisamaija Laaksonen
Taimi
Katariina Kaitue
Merja
Martti Suosalo
Arvi Parikka
Otto Hakala
Marko Laakso
Ossi Hakala
Mika Tapani Laakso
Dick Idman
Detective
Henriikka Salo
Attorney
Leif Lindgren
Young singer
Ludowica Eklund
Guard
Cris af Enehielm
Gas station girl
Erkki Mantere
Speaker
Petri Aalto
Contestant
Arno Virtanen
Contestant
Seppo Kiuru
Policeman
Sauli Uhre
Taxi driver
Hector Mazzaglia
Foreign man
Leea Klemola
Lawyer on the phone (uncredited) (voice)
Lola Odusoga
Girl drinking soda (uncredited)
Veikko Honkanen
Police officer at hearing (uncredited) (voice)
Eeva-Liisa Haimelin
Maternity ward nurse (uncredited)
Raimo Grönberg
Priest (uncredited) (voice)
Marja-Leena Kouki
Warden (uncredited) (voice)
Lauri Tykkyläinen
Man at funeral (uncredited)
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Director
Writer
Producer
Cinematography
Composer
Editor
Production Design
Sound
Original Writer
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Makeup Artist
Assistant Directors
Additional Photography