The Well (1992)
This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the police, and a manhunt begins. The police discover the oldest boy alive, and find that the mother tried to drown herself, but has survived. The two younger children remained missing.
Director:
Pekka Lehto
Writer:
Outi Nyytäjä
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Merja Larivaara as Anna-Maija Laakso |
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Auvo Vihro as Matti Laakso |
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Liisamaija Laaksonen as Taimi |
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Katariina Kaitue as Merja |
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Martti Suosalo as Arvi Parikka |
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Otto Hakala as Marko Laakso |
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Ossi Hakala as Mika Tapani Laakso |
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Dick Idman as Detective |
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Henriikka Salo as Attorney |
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Leif Lindgren as Young singer |
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Ludowica Eklund as Guard |
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Cris af Enehielm as Gas station girl |
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Erkki Mantere as Speaker |
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Petri Aalto as Contestant |
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Arno Virtanen as Contestant |
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Seppo Kiuru as Policeman |
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Sauli Uhre as Taxi driver |
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Hector Mazzaglia as Foreign man |
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Leea Klemola as Lawyer on the phone (uncredited) (voice) |
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Lola Odusoga as Girl drinking soda (uncredited) |
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Veikko Honkanen as Police officer at hearing (uncredited) (voice) |
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Eeva-Liisa Haimelin as Maternity ward nurse (uncredited) |
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Raimo Grönberg as Priest (uncredited) (voice) |
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Marja-Leena Kouki as Warden (uncredited) (voice) |
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Lauri Tykkyläinen as Man at funeral (uncredited) |
| Directing | Pekka Lehto | Director |
| Sound | Tuomo Kattilakoski | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Anu Maja | Production Design |
| Writing | Outi Nyytäjä | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marja-Leena Mikkola | Original Story |
| Production | Pekka Lehto | Producer |
| Sound | Anssi Tikanmäki | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Esa Vuorinen | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Artūras Pozdniakovas | Editor |
| Art | Bengt Svedberg | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marjatta Nissinen | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raili Hulkkonen | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Chuck Rowley | Production Manager |
| Sound | Johan Hake | Sound |
| Sound | Antero Honkanen | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Juhani Liimatainen | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Peter Nordström | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Oskari Viskari | Sound |
| Art | Kati Lukka | Property Master |
| Directing | Veikko Aaltonen | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tiina Kaukanen | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Raimo Paananen | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Lauri Tykkyläinen | Still Photographer |
| Production | Kari Laine | Location Manager |
