The Well
29/09/1992
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.
Movie Information
Merja Larivaara
as Anna-Maija Laakso
Auvo Vihro
as Matti Laakso
Liisamaija Laaksonen
as Taimi
Katariina Kaitue
as Merja
Martti Suosalo
as Arvi Parikka
Otto Hakala
as Marko Laakso
Ossi Hakala
as Mika Tapani Laakso
Dick Idman
as Detective
Henriikka Salo
as Attorney
Leif Lindgren
as Young singer
Ludowica Eklund
as Guard
Cris af Enehielm
as Gas station girl
Erkki Mantere
as Speaker
Petri Aalto
as Contestant
Arno Virtanen
as Contestant
Seppo Kiuru
as Policeman
Sauli Uhre
as Taxi driver
Hector Mazzaglia
as Foreign man
Leea Klemola
as Lawyer on the phone (uncredited) (voice)
Lola Odusoga
as Girl drinking soda (uncredited)
Veikko Honkanen
as Police officer at hearing (uncredited) (voice)
Eeva-Liisa Haimelin
as Maternity ward nurse (uncredited)
Raimo Grönberg
as Priest (uncredited) (voice)
Marja-Leena Kouki
as Warden (uncredited) (voice)
Lauri Tykkyläinen
as Man at funeral (uncredited)
