Kaija Siikala

Kaija Siikala

1932-05-16
88 (2021-01-17)
Kemi, Finland

Kaija Siikala was a Finnish stage director and actress. She also acted in four films between 1956-1968, and was best known for her role in Wild Generation (1957).

Kemi, Finland

Kaija Siikala was a Finnish stage director and actress. She also acted in four films between 1956-1968, and was best known for her role in Wild Generation (1957).

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Kuriton sukupolvi 1957 (6.5)

Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.
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The Harvest Month 1956 (6.7)

The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.
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Vain neljä kertaa 1968

Lasse divorces his second wife Pirko when it turns out that he has a child with Raija. They get married, but as Lasse reflects on his three marriages, he soon becomes unsure whether marrying for the sake of the child was a wise decision after all.