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A Long Hot Summer (1999)

A Long Hot Summer poster
Original title
Pitkä kuuma kesä
Directed by
Perttu Leppä
Genre
comedy film
Country
Finland
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
K-12
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A rock band in 1980s Finland tries to make it big during one hot summer. The story follows their adventures and antics as they pursue music and fame.

funenergeticnostalgiclightheartedplayfulupbeatwarmcomedic

What happens

A Long Hot Summer (Finnish: Pitkä kuuma kesä) is a 1999 Finnish rock comedy film written and directed by Perttu Leppä. It was the most popular youth film of the 1990s in Finland. The film, set in 1980, tells the story of a fictional rock band called Kalle Päätalo. Due to the film's popularity, the band started to tour around the country. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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