The Woodcutter Story

Original title: Metsurin tarina

2022
1h 39m

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Iivo Tuuri and Jarkko Lahti in The Woodcutter Story (2022)

Pepe the woodcutter's life in his idyllic Finnish village is torn apart over the course of a few days, but he is seemingly fine with it all. As though he knows some profound truth about exis... Read allPepe the woodcutter's life in his idyllic Finnish village is torn apart over the course of a few days, but he is seemingly fine with it all. As though he knows some profound truth about existence.Pepe the woodcutter's life in his idyllic Finnish village is torn apart over the course of a few days, but he is seemingly fine with it all. As though he knows some profound truth about existence.

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5.6/10

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Awards
- 3 wins & 7 nominations

Trivia
The filming location Puolanka is self titled Most pessimistic town in the world, and celebrates Pessimism days every year 1.1.-31.12.

Connections
Featured in Jussi-gaala 2023 (2023)

Soundtracks
Huomenna on paremmin
Written by Kaj Chydenius
Lyrics by Aulikki Oksanen
Performed by Aulikki Oksanen and Kaj Chydenius

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6/10

Disappointing

I saw the film online as part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. I believe that the film has the ambition to philosophically address the question of the meaning of life. Very dangerous subject. The meaning should be demonstrated in oblique, suggestive ways and not stated outright. Lines like "the pain of love was horrible" in the mouth of a child seem exaggerated and funny to the audience. Pity. The acting is bad but I guess that the director suggested a "distant" acting so that the fact that we are not on the field of realism is clear. The boy was very lovely. I will wait for another film to know thw finish cinema.