Time of Roses
Risto Jarva's film about the future.
1969 · 1h 51m · N/A
Drama, Science Fiction
Directed by
Risto Jarva
Overview
In the year 2012 historian Raimo Lappalainen wants to illustrate how life was 50 years earlier. He becomes obsessed with the fate of a 1970s nude model Saara Turunen, and finds a perfect actress to reconstruct her life and death in front of a TV camera. Meanwhile, a strike at a nuclear plant is covered up by the media.
Director and cast
- Risto Jarva Director
- Arto Tuominen as Raimo Lappalainen
- Ritva Vepsä as Saara Turunen / Kisse Haavisto
- Tarja Markus as Anu Huotari
- Arja Saijonmaa as Historian instituutin työntekijä
- Eila Pehkonen as Head of History Institute
- Kalle Holmberg as Ronni, Kissen työtoveri
- Pekka Streng as Mies Kuortaneen voimalassa / pelaaja (uncredited)
- Hilkka Kesti as Dancer
- Allan A. Pyykkö as Scientist
- Matti Lehtelä as Photographer
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