A Time of Roses
1969 · Movie · 101 min. · Finland
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.
Direction Risto Jarva
Cast Arto Tuominen · Ritva Vepsä · Tarja Markus · Eero Keskitalo · Kalle Holmberg · Eila Pehkonen · Matti Lehtelä · Unto Salminen · Paavo Jännes · Aino Lehtimäki · Hilkka Kesti
Soundtrack Kaj Chydenius · Henrik Otto Donner
Screenplay Risto Jarva · Jaakko Pakkasvirta · Peter von Bagh
Cinematography Antti Peippo
Original title Ruusujen aika (A Time of Roses)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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