The Well

The story

This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the police, and a manhunt begins. The police discover the oldest boy alive, and find that the mother tried to drown herself, but has survived. The two younger children remained missing.

Cast & crew

Merja LarivaaraAnna-Maija Laakso

Auvo VihroMatti Laakso

Liisamaija LaaksonenTaimi

Katariina Kaitue

Katariina KaitueMerja

Martti SuosaloArvi Parikka

Otto Hakala

Otto HakalaMarko Laakso

Ossi Hakala

Ossi HakalaMika Tapani Laakso

Dick Idman

Dick IdmanDetective

Henriikka Salo

Henriikka SaloAttorney

Leif Lindgren

Leif LindgrenYoung singer

Ludowica Eklund

Ludowica EklundGuard

Cris af EnehielmGas station girl