A Time of Roses
1969·Finland·101 min.
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Taking place in the year 2012, the film is a fantasy of a "utopian" time when all class conflicts have been erased, at least superficially. A history researcher Raimo Lappalainen becomes obsessed by the life of nude model Saara Turunen, a woman who died in 1976, and tries to reconstruct it for TV, with help from an actress. At the same time a strike in a nuclear plant will lead to a violent upsurge, which media only manages to keep secret from public with a clever cover-up.
DirectorRisto Jarva
CinematographyAntti Peippo
CastArto Tuominen·Ritva Vepsä·Tarja Markus·Eero Keskitalo·Kalle Holmberg·Eila Pehkonen·Matti Lehtelä·Unto Salminen·Paavo Jännes·Aino Lehtimäki·Hilkka Kesti
Original titleRuusujen aika (A Time of Roses)