Kesäkapina

The story

Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969 travelling around Finland, mostly with another girl and her boyfriend. Sporting the latest fashions and trendy hairdos, they naïvely observe and criticise the modern consumer society, advertising, fancy boats and summer cottages, country dances, barbecues, and any other phenomena that were supposed to bother angry young intellectuals in those days. The plot and the political agenda are delivered with a cheerful, tongue-in-cheek mixture of documentary observations, fake TV commercials, fake interviews, philosophical voiceovers and titles, and a jazzy soundtrack by the progressive rock group Wigwam.

Cast & crew

Titta KarakorpiSusanna, photo model

Hannu Oravisto

Hannu OravistoVeli, Susannas brother

Veikko Honkanen

Veikko Honkanenmarketing chief Jarmo Nieminen

Petra Frey

Petra Freyinsurance clerk Katri Pellinen

Eero MelasniemiEki, Katris boyfriend

Ritva ArveloMrs. Heinä

Topi Reinikka

Topi ReinikkaMr. Heinä, advertiser

Iris-Lilja Lassila

Iris-Lilja LassilaLady of the House

Lauri-Juhani Ruuskanen

Lauri-Juhani Ruuskanenvicar of Hirvensalmi

Matti Ruohola

Matti RuoholaPekka, manager

Jaakko Talaskiviinterviewer

Matti Oravistokertoja