The Harvest Month (movie)
Elokuu- User score: 6.5
- Production country: Finland
- Producer: Matti Kassila
- Production companies: Fennada-Filmi
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 10/5/1956
- Run time: 94 min.
Movie description
The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.
