08 Sep 1993
The Joy Luck Club
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
The Year of the Wolf
Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides toabandon his wife, children and idea of a perfect life. Both characters have been tooscared to live their lives to the brim for too long. But they meet, and in spite oftheir prejudices and reserved natures, they manage to create a dramatic and movingmodern romance which confronts numerous taboos. While the imagery explores theboundary between life and death in a most poetic way, the odd couple's romance istold with both bite and humour. Society - be it in the shape of angry ex-wives,overprotective parents, conservative aunts or embittered colleagues - is doing whatit can to put a spanner in the works."
Top Billed Cast
Krista Kosonen Sari Karaslahti
Kari Heiskanen Mikko Groman
Johanna af Schultén Mikaela
Kai Vaine Ilari
Ville Virtanen Leif
Katariina Kaitue Marjatta Jokela
Kristiina Halttu Sari's Mother
Jukka Puotila Sari's Father
Anne-Mari Alaspää Riikka
Aksa Korttila Lotta
Olli Rahkonen Matias
Manna Jäntti Heidi
Susanna Laine Mia
Oiva Lohtander Otto Johansson
Jorma Tommila Jarkko Salminen
Maria Sid Terttu Salminen
Tea Ista Lene-täti
Kalle Holmberg Mikaela's Father
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala Aunt Liselott
Aarre Karén Erik
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