April is the Cruelest of Months is a 1983 film directed by Suvi-Marja Korvenheimo, also known as Anssi Mänttäri, and the final part of the Korvenheimo trilogy. It was named after the first verse of T. S. Eliot's poem series The Waste Land. The film, shot in ten days, is a satire on the candles of Finnish culture.

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Cast

Antti Litja

Olli

Markku Toikka

Unto

Rea Mauranen

Woman with Heart

Liisa Halonen

Raija

Aki Kaurismäki

Ville Alfa

Riitta Havukainen

Maj-Lis

Hannele Laaksonen

Maija

Jussi Parviainen

Future Critic

Matti Pellonpää

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Pekka Saaristo

Engineer

Vieno Saaristo

Sari's Mother

Juhani Kumpulainen

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