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Salla - Selling the Silence
“Do you know what is happening in Lapland?”
6.5 / 10• 2011• 1h 10m•NR• Finnish
Documentary
Storyline
Selling the Silence is a creative documentary film. It witnesses the rise and fall of one family of entrepreneurs, the Kuukkanen family from Salla, Lapland, side-by-side with the current changes in the values of our society. In combining private and personal family memories with ongoing changes in the scenery, the documentary asks: How to avoid irreversible changes in the nature when earning your living? Selling the Silence is a journey to the North, past and present. Sometimes the journey can be surprising, sometimes sad, sometimes absurd in a black Finnish way. When the film asks: ”What is the price of the wilderness?”, it is also a question of identity: Who you really are? What is your real nature?
Cast & Crew
JK
Jyrki Kuukkanen
Self
LeadKV
Kari Väyrynen
Self
EP
Erkka Parkkinen
Self
HH
Henry Hulkko
Self
MK
Markku Kankaanranta
Self
AA
Aarne Aatsinki
Self
VA
Ville Aho
Self
MM
Maria Mänty
Self
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Markku Tuurna's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Salla - Selling the Silence is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
