A Long Hot Summer
Directed byPerttu Leppä
Written byPerttu Leppä
Produced byJohannes Lassila
CinematographyJyrki Arnikari
Edited byKimmo Taavila
Production
company
Talent House
Release date
  • 26 March 1999 (1999-03-26) (Finland)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish
Budget€880,000[1]

A Long Hot Summer[2] (Finnish: Pitkä kuuma kesä) is a 1999 Finnish rock comedy film written and directed by Perttu Leppä. It was the most popular youth film of the 1990s in Finland.[3] The film, set in 1980, tells the story of a fictional rock band called Kalle Päätalo. Due to the film's popularity, the band started to tour around the country.[4]

Cast

  • Unto Helo as Paavo "Patu" Taskinen, the manager and lyricist of the band Kalle Päätalo
  • Hanna-Mari Karhinen as Noora, the driver of Kalle Päätalo
  • Mikko Hakola as Jukka Lajunen, the singer of Kalle Päätalo
  • Timo Lavikainen as Kukkonen, the drummer of Kalle Päätalo
  • Konsta Hiekkanen as Jimi, the guitarist of Kalle Päätalo
  • Olli Sorjonen as Kakkonen, the bassist of Kalle Päätalo
  • Aino Seppo as Patu's mother
  • Niina Stützle as Sanna, Patu's sister
  • Toni Wirtanen as Lärssi, the singer of The Vittupäät
  • Harri Tuovinen as Stuube, the bassist of The Vittupäät
  • Pauli Rantasalmi as Pate, the drummer of The Vittupäät[5]
  • Aino Seppo - Patun äiti
  • Niina Stützle - Sanna

References

  1. ↑ "Pitkien elokuvien saama tuotantotuki" (PDF). ses.fi (in Finnish). The Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Pitkä kuuma kesä (1999)". elonet.fi. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Finnish Films 2008" (PDF). ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  4. ↑ Holm, Milla (June 29, 2011). "Kalle Päätalon keikkatahti ei hiljene". yle.fi (in Finnish). YLE. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Pitkä kuuma kesä (1999) – Credits". elonet.fi (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2011.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.