August Fools
MovieTitle | Mieletön elokuu |
User score | 5.5 |
Release date | Oct 4, 2013 |
Genre | Comedy, Romance |
Director | Taru Mäkelä |
Production country | Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Sweden |
Production companies | Kinosto, Pomor Film, Fog'n'Desire Films, Česká televize, Filmgården |
Run time | 104 min. |
An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover comes to town to perform at a "peace and friendship festival", her well-organised life is jolted out of balance.