THE LONGEST DAY
synopsis
"Life isn't meant to be lived, it's meant to be endured." This statement by one of the characters in this ensemble film provides a good indication of the frame of mind of a small Swedish community near the Arctic Circle as it prepares for midsummer night. Everyone has their own cross to bear, some a little heavier than others. A truck driver, who turns 65 that day, doesn't seem to know what to do with his life now that he is retired. A woman has to justify her responsibility for a failed project that has cost society millions. A shop manager with high blood pressure has to solve all manner of problems, while all he really wants is to be left alone. This melancholy, dryly comedic Finnish-language film is the fourth of a five-part series on minority languages in Sweden.
international title: | The Longest Day |
original title: | Den längsta dagen |
country: | Sweden, Finland |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jonas Selberg Augustsén |
film run: | 120' |
release date: | SE 27/11/2020 |
screenplay: | Jonas Selberg Augustsén |
cast: | Maria Heiskanen, Ville Virtanen, Kari Hietalahti, Henna Tanskanen, Bianca Kronlöf, Sara Melleri, Marja Packalén, Timo Nieminen |
cinematography by: | Heikki Färm |
film editing: | Nils Moström, Mervi Junkkonen |
art director: | Marika Åkerblom |
producer: | Andreas Emanuelsson |
production: | Art & Bob, Empire Pictures |