The Raven's Dance
7.0
With a keen sense of visual beauty, director Markku Lehmuskallio has created a thought-provoking, aesthetic film about a married couple and an old man living in a remote part of Finland. The young husband goes out hunting but only to support himself and his wife, not to kill off hordes of animals. He sets traps, and that gets him in trouble with the police who proceed to ticket him for using the devices. The forest cycles themselves are intimated when an old tree is shown falling to earth -- perhaps a reflection on the old man's passing years. In contrast to these few people living off the land and basically keeping the ecological balance intact, a highway construction crew is shown at work felling trees. Soon the antagonism grows between encroaching civilization and the quiet life of the young couple and elderly man.
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Markku Lehmuskallio Director · Juho Gartz Editor
United States release November 6, 1980 · Produced in Finland, Sweden · Production SVT, SVT Drama
Production
Suomi-Filmi
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SVT
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SVT Drama
Production
Svenska Filminstitutet
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TV12
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Finland · Sweden
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Languages
Original title
Korpinpolska
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Finnish
Release dates
Germany · February 1, 1980
Berlin International Film Festival
Finland · February 26, 1980
Theatrical
United States · November 6, 1980
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Czechia
January 23, 2004 · Premiere · Febio Film Festival
Finland
February 28, 1980 · Theatrical · Nurmijärvi
March 14, 1980 · Theatrical
Japan
November 7, 1981 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 5, 1980 · Theatrical
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