The Last Wedding (1995)
Original title: Kivenpyörittäjän kylä
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Pekka (Martti Suosalo) arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with its joys and sorrows, is condensed into one summer's day. Written and directed by Markku Pölönen, based on Heikki Turunen's book, as a swan song for a lifestyle that ended with the emigration of the 1970s.
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Martti SuosaloPekkaHenrika AnderssonMeeri
Jarmo MäkinenTuomo
Pertti KoivulaUrho Pölönen
Esko NikkariJalmari Pesonen / Grim Reaper (voice)
Esko HukkanenHirvi-Ierikka
Tuula VäänänenUnelma
Pekka HuotariArttu, Unelman veliMovie DNA
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What is The Last Wedding about?
Pekka (Martti Suosalo) arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with its joys and sorrows, is condensed into one summer's day. Written and directed by Markku Pölönen, based on Heikki Turunen's book, as a swan song for a lifestyle that ended with the emigration of the 1970s.
How long is The Last Wedding?
The Last Wedding has a runtime of 91 minutes.