The Harvest Month poster

The Harvest Month

6.7(11)19561h 34m1

The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.

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Finnish
  • based on novel or book
  • alcoholism

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  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-165 Oct 1956

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The Harvest Month was released on 5 October 1956.

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