The Raven's Dance

With a keen sense of visual beauty, director Markku Lehmuskallio has created a thought-provoking, aesthetic film about a married couple and an old man living in a remote part of Finland. The young husband goes out hunting but only to support himself and his wife, not to kill off hordes of animals. He sets traps, and that gets him in trouble with the police who proceed to ticket him for using the devices. The forest cycles themselves are intimated when an old tree is shown falling to earth -- perhaps a reflection on the old man's passing years. In contrast to these few people living off the land and basically keeping the ecological balance intact, a highway construction crew is shown at work felling trees. Soon the antagonism grows between encroaching civilization and the quiet life of the young couple and elderly man.

Country:

Finland,

Sweden

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

80 minutes

Year:

1980

Director:

Markku Lehmuskallio

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Company:

Suomi-Filmi,

SVT,

SVT Drama,

Svenska Filminstitutet

Cast:

Petteri Jokiaho

Paavo, the Father

Hilkka Jokiaho

Forester

Neighbor

Crew:

Director

Producer

Director of Photography

Editor

Writer