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Kesäyön lapset

1955 · 66 min

A quiet, old-fashioned melodrama that slowly tightens around a buried secret, leaving a lingering sense of unease and sorrow.

Overview: Antti Kiikka has a one night thing with a local girl. Antti goes away and marries a girl from another village. Later that local girl delivers a baby, but she never tells who is the father. 20 years later daughter of Antti Kiikka fells in love with a guy without knowing that they quite likely are a brother and a sister.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
love
betrayal
sexuality
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Osmo Lampinen, Ralf Rubin
Written by: Osmo Lampinen, Ralf Rubin
Starring: Kauko Helovirta, Helinä Tevi-Pekkanen, Airi Honkaniemi, Pentti Kaartinen, Einari Kirjavainen, Anja Grå, Pertti Kaija, Valentina Hietala
Music: Kalevi Hartti
Cinematography: Ossi Skurnik, Heimo Palander
Runtime: 66 min
Country: Finland
Languages: Finnish

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