Time of Roses

Time of Roses
Time of Roses
	Original Finnish film poster
Directed by	Risto Jarva
Written by	Risto Jarva; Jaakko Pakkasvirta
Produced by	Risto Jarva
Starring	Arto Tuominen; Ritva Vepsä ; Tarja Markus
Cinematography	Antti Peippo
Edited by	Risto Jarva; Jukka Mannerkorpi; Lasse Naukkarinen
Music by	Henrik Otto Donner ; Kaj Chydenius ; Eero Ojanen
Release dates	7 February 1969(Finland); 19 October 1970(United States);
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish
Budget	FIM 320,000

Last updated August 23, 2023

Time of Roses (Finnish : Ruusujen aika) is a 1969 Finnish science fiction film directed by Risto Jarva, about a documentary filmmaker in 2012 trying to find the true essence of a glamor model, dead for forty years, for a TV film biography.^[1] The script was written by Peter von Bagh, Jarva, and Jaakko Pakkasvirta. The model was played by Ritva Vepsä and the documentarian by Arto Tuominen. The film premiered on 2 July 1969 in Finland, while the US premiere of the film was in New York City on October 19, 1970.^[2]^[3]

Plot

The story is set in the year 2012. According to the official review of the Institute of History, after the restless times of the 1960s and 1970s, society has become human-centered, democratic and liberal. With the meritocratic social structure in effect, class boundaries have disappeared, and the keyword is "progress". Raimo Lappalainen (Arto Tuominen), who makes documentaries for television, is preparing for a TV program that deals with Finland in the 60s by telling the story of the short-lived nude model Saara Turunen (Ritva Vepsä). Through the life stages of Saara, who died in an accident in the 1970s, Raimo gets to know the time before her birth, and notices that the ideas from fifty years ago still exist; although technology has seemingly improved human life, the spiritual class conflict of the 1960s still simmers beneath the surface, which, among other things, culminates in the death of a strike general at a nuclear power plant.

Cast

Arto Tuominen as Raimo Lappalainen
Ritva Vepsä as Saara Turunen / Kisse Haavisto
Tarja Markus as Anu Huotari
Eero Keskitalo as Raimo's Colleague
Kalle Holmberg as Kisse's Colleague
Eila Pehkonen as Head of History Institute
Matti Lehtelä as Photographer
Unto Salminen as Saara's Ex-Husband
Paavo Jännes as Saara's Youth-Time Lover
Aino Lehtimäki as Saara's Youth-Time Acquaintance
Hilkka Kesti as Dancer
Allan A. Pyykkö as Scientist on TV
Jukka Mannerkorpi as Chauffeur
Urpo Peltonen as Caretaker

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References

↑ Canby, Vincent (20 October 1970). "Finnish 'Time of Roses' Looks at Politics in 2012". The New York Times . Retrieved 5 September 2011.
↑ "Entertainment Events". The New York Times . 19 October 1970. p. 50. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
↑ "Time of Roses (1970)". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 March 2023.
↑ Huhtala, Jussi (22 June 2022). "Kotimainen tieteisklassikko nähdään pian Pohjois-Amerikan teattereissa – "Suomalaisen elokuvan ensimmäinen mestariteos"". Episodi. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
↑ Detwiler, Grace (3 March 2023). "Deaf Crocodile Films to release Finnish director Risto Jarva's long-unseen pop art/sci-fi feature "Time of Roses" (1969)". Rue Morgue. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

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[1] Canby, Vincent (20 October 1970). "Finnish 'Time of Roses' Looks at Politics in 2012". The New York Times . Retrieved 5 September 2011.

[2] "Entertainment Events". The New York Times . 19 October 1970. p. 50. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[3] "Time of Roses (1970)". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[4] Huhtala, Jussi (22 June 2022). "Kotimainen tieteisklassikko nähdään pian Pohjois-Amerikan teattereissa – "Suomalaisen elokuvan ensimmäinen mestariteos"". Episodi. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[5] Detwiler, Grace (3 March 2023). "Deaf Crocodile Films to release Finnish director Risto Jarva's long-unseen pop art/sci-fi feature "Time of Roses" (1969)". Rue Morgue. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

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