The Raven's Dance (1980) [N/A]
Release Date:
February 26, 1980
Original Title:
Korpinpolska
Alternate Titles:
Korpens polska
La danse du corbeau
Raven's Dance
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
SVT
SVT Drama
Suomi-Filmi
Svenska Filminstitutet
Production Countries:
Finland | Sweden
Ratings / Certifications:
FI: S
Runtime: 80
With a keen sense of visual beauty, director Markku Lehmuskallio has created a thought-provoking, aesthetic film about a married couple and an old man living in a remote part of Finland. The young husband goes out hunting but only to support himself and his wife, not to kill off hordes of animals. He sets traps, and that gets him in trouble with the police who proceed to ticket him for using the devices. The forest cycles themselves are intimated when an old tree is shown falling to earth -- perhaps a reflection on the old man's passing years. In contrast to these few people living off the land and basically keeping the ecological balance intact, a highway construction crew is shown at work felling trees. Soon the antagonism grows between encroaching civilization and the quiet life of the young couple and elderly man.