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Release Date:
February 5, 1982
Original Title:
Ajolähtö
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
National-Filmi
Production Countries:
Finland
Ratings / Certifications:
FI: K-16
Runtime: 109
Juuso, Late, and Pyry return from military service to their small village in the Finnish countryside. Finding work is difficult there, so Juuso decides to take a job on a Norwegian oil drilling platform. Late could start working on his family's chicken farm but wants to break free from his father who has a new wife. Looking for work in Gothenburg, Sweden, he only runs into more problems and is deported back to Finland. Pyry would like to take over his late father's farm but family quarrels over the estate make him quit his agricultural studies and, together with drifter Late, take a job in a steel mill in southern Finland.
Director:
Mikko Niskanen
Director of Photography:
Henrik Paersch
Keijo Venho
Editor:
Tuula Mehtonen
Music:
Mikko Alatalo
Harri Rinne
Martti Luoma
Producer:
Mikko Niskanen
Production Design:
Matti Waskilampi
Sound:
Seppo Anttila
Kari Koski
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tuomo Kattilakoski
Writer:
Mikko Niskanen
Matti Ijäs
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