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Summer Rebellion (1970)

Original title: Kesäkapina

1970-01-23 · 1h 21m · FI
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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.

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Timo LinnasaloWriterPeter von BaghWriterMatti KuorttiWriterJaakko PakkasvirtaDirector, Writer

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Titta KarakorpiTitta KarakorpiSusanna, photo modelHannu OravistoHannu OravistoVeli, Susannas brotherVeikko HonkanenVeikko Honkanenmarketing chief Jarmo NieminenPetra FreyPetra Freyinsurance clerk Katri PellinenEero MelasniemiEero MelasniemiEki, Katris boyfriendRitva ArveloRitva ArveloMrs. HeinäTopi ReinikkaTopi ReinikkaMr. Heinä, advertiserIris-Lilja LassilaIris-Lilja LassilaLady of the HouseLauri-Juhani RuuskanenLauri-Juhani Ruuskanenvicar of HirvensalmiMatti RuoholaMatti RuoholaPekka, managerJaakko TalaskiviJaakko Talaskiviinterviewer

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Rebellious youthConsumerism

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityRebellious Youth · ConsumerismDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference531338Actor preference536169 · 536173 · 525627

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What is Summer Rebellion about?

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.

How long is Summer Rebellion?

Summer Rebellion has a runtime of 81 minutes.