Pakolaiset (TV Movie 1977) (1977)

Directed by

Veikko Kerttula

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 38m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An old farming couple and their daughter move to a new village to escape shame after the daughter has an illegitimate child. The story focuses on their struggles with pride, gossip, and the possibility of forgiveness in a close-knit agrarian community.

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What happens

The Fugitives (Finnish: Pakolaiset) is a novella by Finnish writer Johannes Linnankoski, published in 1908, and it is considered to be one of the author's most significant works, alongside The Song of the Blood-Red Flower. Set in Tavastia, a story is about agrarian society and peasants' pride and reconciliation. The work has been translated up to eleven languages. The story was based on actual events; at the time of writing the novella, Johannes Linnankoski lived at Lapinlahti in 1902, when a peasant family from Akaa settled there, and as in novella, an old couple's daughter married an elderly widow but had an illegitimate child with another man. Shame about adultery and fear of gossip was apparently the real reason for the move to Savonia. Linnankoski transferred the events to his story. In the village of Alapitkä, the Hovi House—where Linnankoski lived—was at the center of the book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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