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The Woodcutter Story: Directed by Mikko Myllylahti. With Jarkko Lahti, Iivo Tuuri, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Ulla Tapaninen. Pepe the woodcutter's life in his idyllic Finnish village is torn apart over the course of a few days, but he is seemingly fine with it all.
Pepe the woodcutter's life in an idyllic Finnish village is torn apart over the course of a few days, but he seems fine with it all, as though he knows a profound truth about existence. TOP...
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May 19, 2022 · ‘The Woodcutter Story’. Dir/scr: Mikko Myllylahti. Finland/Netherlands/Denmark/Germany. 2022. 99 mins. One of the more reliable phenomena of world cinema is the regular appearance of strange but...
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May 21, 2022 · 'The Woodcutter Story': Strangely beautiful and just plain strange, accessible and alienating, and just like life, ultimately unknowable.
Woodcutter Pepe believes in a better tomorrow, even though nothing really gives him reason to in this idiosyncratic debut feature from the writer of The Happ...
May 19, 2022 · Sudden bouts of violence and never-explained mysteries echo David Lynch a little – if he were to suddenly find himself in Finland, which definitely should happen – and make The Woodcutter Story a surprisingly haunting proposition.
May 19, 2022 · Mikko Myllaylahti, best known as the screenwriter of 2016’s The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (read review), cuts his directorial teeth with a darkly absurd debut, The Woodcutter Story. Bizarre and bleak as it circuitously ruins the life of his indefatigably resilient protagonist, Myllaylahti stuffs his film with ...
May 9, 2022 · “The Woodcutter Story” centers on Pepe, a woodcutter in an idyllic small town in Finland. In the span of a couple of days, a series of tragic events gradually destroys his quiet and happy...
May 19, 2022 · The Woodcutter Story is also deeply melancholy, strange and surreal. A ball of light might appear from nowhere and just as suddenly explode, taking Pepe’s son with it. A car in flames...
Jun 1, 2022 · THE WOODCUTTER STORY. by Mikko Myllylahti. synopsis. Pepe is a woodcutter in an idyllic small town in Finland. In the span of a couple of days, a series of tragic events gradually destroys his quiet and happy life - but Pepe seems to be fine with it all.
