The Year of the Wolf

Movie
Audience Score
61
The Year of the Wolf
NR 1 hr 42 minRomance, Drama
Sari is a young beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at universitybut she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher who is tired of life and who one day decides toabandon his wife children and idea of a perfect life Both characters have been tooscared to live their lives to the brim for too long But they meet and in spite oftheir prejudices and reserved natures they manage to create a dramatic and movingmodern romance which confronts numerous taboos While the imagery explores theboundary between life and death in a most poetic way the odd couples romance istold with both bite and humour Society be it in the shape of angry exwivesoverprotective parents conservative aunts or embittered colleagues is doing whatit can to put a spanner in the works

Movie Details

Original Language:Finnish
Production Companies:MRP Matila Röhr Productions