The Well (1992) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 29, 1992

Original Title:
Kaivo

Alternate Titles:
Brønnen

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Kinofinlandia

Production Countries:
Denmark | Finland | Sweden

Ratings / Certifications:
FI: K-16 

Runtime: 108

This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the police, and a manhunt begins. The police discover the oldest boy alive, and find that the mother tried to drown herself, but has survived. The two younger children remained missing.

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Consulting Producer:
Jesper Holm

Costume Design:
Marjatta Nissinen

Director:
Pekka Lehto

Director of Photography:
Esa Vuorinen

Editor:
Artūras Pozdniakovas

Makeup Artist:
Raili Hulkkonen

Original Music Composer:
Anssi Tikanmäki

Original Story:
Marja-Leena Mikkola

Producer:
Pekka Lehto

Production Design:
Anu Maja

Production Manager:
Chuck Rowley

Screenplay:
Outi Nyytäjä

Set Decoration:
Bengt Svedberg

Sound:
Johan Hake
Oskari Viskari

Sound Effects:
Antero Honkanen
Juhani Liimatainen
Peter Nordström

Sound Effects Editor:
Mel Kutbay

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tuomo Kattilakoski

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