The Shadow of a City (movie)

The Shadow of a City (movie)

Rantojen miehet
  • Production country: Finland
  • Producer: Hannu Peltomaa
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 2/3/1971
  • Run time: 32 min.

Movie description

The degenerate alcoholics, the men and women of the beaches, themselves speak openly about their lives and problems. Through their stories, a picture emerges of those on the periphery of society who succumbed to alcohol because of war or difficult living conditions. They are aware of their own State; reason is still there, but the Will is lacking. The film is a cry for help on behalf of humans, it is a dispassionate and honest description of the position of degenerate alcoholics in Finnish society in the early 1970s.