Kuningasjätkä (A Summer by the River)
1998
****
Director: Markku Pölönen
Cast: Pertti Koivula, Simo Kontio, Esko Nikkari, Peter Franzen, Sulevi Peltola
Markku Pölönen continues his nostalgic portrayals of rural Finland of days gone by. This time he tells a story about a widower and his son who work as loggers in the 1950s. A funny and moving drama, although the tagged-on romance seems a bit unnecessary.
