A Long Hot Summer (film)

A Long Hot Summer[2] (Finnish: Pitkä kuuma kesä) is a 1999 Finnish rock comedy film written and directed by Perttu Leppä. It was the most popular youth film of the 1990s in Finland.[3] The film, set in 1980, tells the story of a fictional rock band called Kalle Päätalo. Due to the film's popularity, the band started to tour around the country.[4]

A Long Hot Summer
Directed byPerttu Leppä
Produced byJohannes Lassila
Written byPerttu Leppä
CinematographyJyrki Arnikari
Edited byKimmo Taavila
Production
company
Talent House
Release date
  • 26 March 1999 (1999-03-26) (Finland)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish
Budget€880,000[1]

Cast
  • Unto Helo as Paavo "Patu" Taskinen, the manager and lyricist of the band Kalle Päätalo
  • Hanna-Mari Karhinen as Noora, the driver of Kalle Päätalo
  • Mikko Hakola as Jukka Lajunen, the singer of Kalle Päätalo
  • Timo Lavikainen as Kukkonen, the drummer of Kalle Päätalo
  • Konsta Hiekkanen as Jimi, the guitarist of Kalle Päätalo
  • Olli Sorjonen as Kakkonen, the bassist of Kalle Päätalo
  • Aino Seppo as Patu's mother
  • Niina Stützle as Sanna, Patu's sister
  • Toni Wirtanen as Lärssi, the singer of The Vittupäät
  • Harri Tuovinen as Stuube, the bassist of The Vittupäät
  • Pauli Rantasalmi as Pate, the drummer of The Vittupäät[5]
  • Aino Seppo - Patun äiti
  • Niina Stützle - Sanna

References
  1. "Pitkien elokuvien saama tuotantotuki" (PDF). ses.fi (in Finnish). The Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  2. "Pitkä kuuma kesä (1999)". elonet.fi. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  3. "Finnish Films 2008" (PDF). ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  4. Holm, Milla (June 29, 2011). "Kalle Päätalon keikkatahti ei hiljene". yle.fi (in Finnish). YLE. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  5. "Pitkä kuuma kesä (1999) – Credits". elonet.fi (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved November 5, 2011.


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