''Time of Roses'' () is a 1969 Finnish science fiction film directed by

Risto Jarva Risto Antero Jarva (15 July 1934 – 16 December 1977) was a Finnish filmmaker. Jarva usually approached his long films and short documentary films from some social problem and from one or more possible ways to solve it. Such problems included ...

, about a documentary filmmaker in 2012 trying to find the true essence of a glamor model, dead for forty years, for a TV film biography. The script was written by

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, Jarva, and

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and the documentarian by Arto Tuominen. The film premiered on 2 July 1969 in Finland, while the US premiere of the film was in New York City on October 19, 1970. An American

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distributor and classic film restoration company Deaf Crocodile Films has acquired the North American distribution rights to the film in June 2022. Deaf Crocodile Films announced that they will release a new 4K restoration of the film.

Plot

The story is set in the year 2012. According to the official review of the Institute of History, after the restless times of the 1960s and 1970s, society has become human-centered, democratic and liberal. With the

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social structure in effect, class boundaries have disappeared, and the keyword is "progress". Raimo Lappalainen (Arto Tuominen), who makes documentaries for television, is preparing for a TV program that deals with Finland in the 60s by telling the story of the short-lived nude model Saara Turunen (

Ritva Vepsä Ritva Annikki Vepsä (12 February 1941, Helsinki – 30 July 2016) was a Finnish actress. In 1970 she received a Jussi Award as the Best Leading Actress for her appearances in a Jörn Donner film ''Sixtynine 69'' and a Risto Jarva film '' Ruusuje ...

). Through the life stages of Saara, who died in an accident in the 1970s, Raimo gets to know the time before her birth, and notices that the ideas from fifty years ago still exist; although technology has seemingly improved human life, the spiritual

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of the 1960s still simmers beneath the surface, which, among other things, culminates in the death of a strike general at a nuclear power plant.

Cast

* Arto Tuominen as Raimo Lappalainen *

as Saara Turunen / Kisse Haavisto * Tarja Markus as Anu Huotari * Eero Keskitalo as Raimo's Colleague *

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as Kisse's Colleague *

Eila Pehkonen Eila Mirjam Pehkonen (since 1948 Kostermaa, 18 October 1924 – 10 September 1991) was a Finnish actress. In theatre and films Pehkonen was born into a family of five children. She was interested in acting and theatre since childhood, and in 1 ...

as Head of History Institute *

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as Photographer * Unto Salminen as Saara's Ex-Husband * Paavo Jännes as Saara's Youth-Time Lover *

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as Saara's Youth-Time Acquaintance * Hilkka Kesti as Dancer * Allan A. Pyykkö as Scientist on TV * Jukka Mannerkorpi as Chauffeur * Urpo Peltonen as Caretaker

References

External links

* * 1960s science fiction films 1969 films Films directed by Risto Jarva Films set in 2012 Finnish science fiction films Finnish black-and-white films 1960s Finnish-language films 1960s Finnish films Films about suspended animation Finnish-language science fiction films {{Finland-film-stub