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Release Date:
September 1, 2023
Original Title:
Ilveskuiskaaja
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Film Tampere
Klara Films
Swamphead
Wacky Tie Films
Production Countries:
Finland
Ratings / Certifications:
FI: S KR: 12|ALL
Runtime: 80
A Finnish equivalent of Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man, Hannu has a love and connection to nature that surpasses most. It is the rare lynx in particular that has bitten into Hannu’s heart – so much so that he actually claims to be able to speak its language. So when a dead lynx turns up in his forest, he dons an animal mask, crawls down on all fours and sniffs out the mystery through the mire and thicket. With hauntingly beautiful footage captured by hidden cameras throughout the forest, ‘Lynx Man’ paints a colourful and vivid twilight picture of the natural world around us – and of man’s impact on it. For no matter what Hannu does to live in harmony with the animals, he cannot hide from belonging himself to the species that is the lynx’s worst enemy. It makes sense that most of Juha Suonpää’s atmospheric film takes place in the twilight between dream and reality. Here, the vast forests come alive in Hannu’s hypnotic Night Vision footage of the nocturnal life of the lynx.
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Additional Editing:
Hanna Kaihlanen
Archival Footage Coordinator:
Hannu Rantala
Co-Producer:
Liis Nimik
Juha Suonpää
Color Grading:
Anssi Rautio
Director:
Juha Suonpää
Director of Photography:
Juha Suonpää
Alexander Markus Lembke
Editor:
Tuuli Kuittinen
Graphic Designer:
Juhamatti Vahdersalo
Music:
Kimmo Helén
Tanel Kadalipp
Ramo Teder
Marko Veisson
Producer:
Niina Virtanen
Pasi Hakkio
Sound Designer:
Tanel Kadalipp
Writer:
Juha Suonpää
Hanna Kaihlanen
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