The Well (1992)
1h 48m
Running Time
September 29, 1992Release Date
Plot.
This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the police, and a manhunt begins. The police discover the oldest boy alive, and find that the mother tried to drown herself, but has survived. The two younger children remained missing.
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Cast & Crew.
Merja Larivaara
Anna-Maija Laakso
Auvo Vihro
Matti Laakso
Liisamaija Laaksonen
Taimi
Martti Suosalo
Arvi Parikka
Katariina Kaitue
Merja
Otto Hakala
Marko Laakso
Pekka Lehto
Director
Ossi Hakala
Mika Tapani Laakso
Marja-Leena Mikkola
Writer
Outi Nyytäjä
Writer
Dick Idman
Detective
Henriikka Salo
Attorney
Anssi Tikanmäki
Composer
Esa Vuorinen
Cinematographer
Leif Lindgren
Young singer
Artūras Pozdniakovas
Editor
Ludowica Eklund
Guard
Cris af Enehielm
Gas station girl
Erkki Mantere
Speaker
Petri Aalto
Contestant
Arno Virtanen
Contestant
Seppo Kiuru
Policeman
Sauli Uhre
Taxi driver
Hector Mazzaglia
Foreign man
Leea Klemola
Lawyer on the phone (uncredited) (voice)
Lola Odusoga
Girl drinking soda (uncredited)
Veikko Honkanen
Police officer at hearing (uncredited) (voice)
Eeva-Liisa Haimelin
Maternity ward nurse (uncredited)
Raimo Grönberg
Priest (uncredited) (voice)
Marja-Leena Kouki
Warden (uncredited) (voice)
Lauri Tykkyläinen
Man at funeral (uncredited)
Mel Kutbay
Sound Effects Editor
Marjatta Nissinen
Costume Design
Oskari Viskari
Sound
Tuomo Kattilakoski
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bengt Svedberg
Set Decoration
Johan Hake
Sound
Peter Nordström
Sound Effects
Antero Honkanen
Sound Effects
Anu Maja
Production Design
Jesper Holm
Consulting Producer
Raili Hulkkonen
Makeup Artist
Chuck Rowley
Production Manager
Juhani Liimatainen
Sound Effects
Details.
Release DateSeptember 29, 1992
Original NameKaivo
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Filming LocationsStockholm, Sweden · Halikonjoki · Uskelan emäkirkko · Turku Prison · Perniö · Halikko · Ekenäs, Finland
Genres
Wiki.
Kaivo (The Well) is a 1992 Finnish drama film directed by Pekka Lehto and starring by Merja Larivaara. It was entered into the competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival. As of 2010, Kaivo is the all-time twelfth most expensive Finnish film.