Lakeuden kutsu (2000)

Director:

Ilkka Vanne

Writers:

Antti Tuuri (novel)
Ilkka Vanne (writer)

Release Date:

14 January 2000 (Finland)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Erkki Hakala returns home from America. |

Plot Keywords:

Finnish American | Homecoming | Business | Small Town | Based On Novel

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Kari Väänänen	...	Erkki Hakala
Mari Rantasila	...	Kaisu Hakala
Martti Suosalo	...	Taisto Matsomppi
Esko Nikkari	...	Paavo Hakala
Tapio Hämäläinen	...	Opettaja
Vesa Vierikko	...	Partanen vanhempi
Samuli Edelmann	...	Partanen nuorempi
Esa Latva-Äijö	...	Raimo Hakala
Tarja Keinänen	...	Laina Hakala
Heikki Paavilainen	...	Markku Hakala
Sari Mällinen	...	Taina Hakala
Vappu Jurkka	...	Erkin äiti Marjatta Hakala
Eeva-Maija Haukinen	...	Hilkka Hopeavuori
Siiri Kankaanpää	...	Elina Hakala
Joona Lehto	...	Johannes Hakala

Also Known As:

Hem till Österbotten (Finland: Swedish title)
Return to Plainlands (International: English title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-8

Filming Locations:

Jalasjärvi, Finland

Company:

Matila Röhr Productions (MRP)

Movie Connections:

Follows Pohjanmaa (1988)

Return to Plainlands

This film did reasonably well in the box-office in Finland. Four years later it's still a good film and solid family entertainment. It's the final part of a family saga titled Pohjanmaa (Ostrobothnia) by Antti Tuuri. There are six books in total, but only three have been filmed (Talvisota, Pohjanmaa and now Lakeuden Kutsu)

Kari Väänänen plays Erkki Hakala, a man returning back home to Ostrobothnia after spending years in Florida. The reasons for his departure ten years earlier were tax related and he has now come back to take what is rightfully his; the place in society and his wife, Kaisu. However, things are not as straight forward. Kaisu has a son whose father is someone from Lapua and not everything can be bought with money. During one day Erkki and his business partner buy a metal workshop, drive (sometimes fast sometimes slow) around Ostrobothnia, Erkki meets his relatives and tries to talk things over with his wife.

Esko Nikkari is great as Erkki Hakala's older brother Paavo and Kari Väänänen is fantastic (when wouldn't he be?) as Erkki Hakala.

Watch it.