The Last Wedding

The Last Wedding

91 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 17, 1995

Pekka (Martti Suosalo) arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with its joys and sorrows, is condensed into one summer's day. Written and directed by Markku Pölönen, based on Heikki Turunen's book, as a swan song for a lifestyle that ended with the emigration of the 1970s.

The Last Wedding

91 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 17, 1995

The Last Wedding
Pekka (Martti Suosalo) arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with its joys and sorrows, is condensed into one summer's day. Written and directed by Markku Pölönen, based on Heikki Turunen's book, as a swan song for a lifestyle that ended with the emigration of the 1970s.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Dada-Filmi Oy
Original title Kivenpyörittäjän kylä
Directors Markku Pölönen
Writers Markku Pölönen

Cast

Martti Suosalo

as Pekka

Jarmo Mäkinen

as Tuomo

Pertti Koivula

as Urho Pölönen

Esko Nikkari

as Jalmari Pesonen / Grim Reaper (voice)

Esko Hukkanen

as Hirvi-Ierikka

Tuula Väänänen

as Unelma

Pekka Huotari

as Arttu, Unelman veli