The Year of the Wolf

The Year of the Wolf (2007) is a drama, romance film directed by Olli Saarela rated 5.8/10.

Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but 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 couple's romance istold with both bite and humour. Society - be it in the shape of angry ex-wives,overprotective parents, conservative aunts or embittered colleagues - is doing whatit can to put a spanner in the works."

Cast

Krista Kosonen

Sari Karaslahti

Kari Heiskanen

Mikko Groman

Johanna af Schultén

Mikaela

Kai Vaine

Ilari

Ville Virtanen

Leif

Katariina Kaitue

Marjatta Jokela

Kristiina Halttu

Sari's Mother

Jukka Puotila

Sari's Father

Anne-Mari Alaspää

Riikka

Aksa Korttila

Lotta

Olli Rahkonen

Matias

Manna Jäntti

Heidi