Finnish farming family drama so obscure even TMDB gave up rating it.
A drama based on the lives of children and parents in a small farming family. Based on Esko Raennon's novel Tie.
Acting
Timo Torikka carries child actor intensity that haunts.
Direction
Kerttula's unflinching gaze at rural despair.
Director
Veikko Kerttula
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Esko Raennon's novel was part of a 1970s Finnish literary movement examining rural working-class life that rarely crossed borders.
This aired on Finnish television during a period when state-funded Yle was essentially the only game in town for serious drama.
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