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Nuoruuteni savotat

1988 · 165 min

A slow, earnest coming-of-age portrait of hard rural labour and family hardship, quietly heavy and grounded in lived-in realism.

Overview
Lumberjacking is a second part of saga about young author, Kalle Päätalo. It's a story about growing up and becoming a storyteller in hard times when their father was in the forced labour camp. He was a lunatic.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • survival
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
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Starring
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Languages
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