The Harvest Month

Audience Score
71
The Harvest Month
NR 1 hr 34 minDrama
The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August Directed by Matti Kassila one of Finlands premiere filmmakers Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author FE Sillanpää Simply put the story concerns the decline and fall of a onceproud family thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist avoiding the usual drunken cliches The overlong running time coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject limited the films worldwide appeal

Movie Details

Original Language:Finnish
Executive Producers:Mauno Mäkelä
Production Companies:FennadaFilmi