Films from Finland: Aleksis Kiven elämä (The Life of Aleksis Kivi)

Aleksis Kiven elämä (The Life of Aleksis Kivi), 2001, 10 minutes, Parental Guidance suggested.

Born 182 years ago this month, Aleksis Kivi remains one of Finland’s great national literary figures, with Nummisuutarit (Cobblers of the Heath) playing at the National Theater and Seitsemän Veljestä (Seven Brothers) in dance form at the National Ballet. Director Jari Halonen succeeds in situating Kivi’s life story in the cross-currents of the time in which he lived and wrote.