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Sodankylä Forever

2010-08-05

273 mins

The Plot

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has played host to an international who’s who of directors and each day begins with a two-hour discussion. To mark the festival’s silver anniversary, festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic four-part choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes, insights, and wisdom of his all-star cast: Coppola, Fuller, Forman, Chabrol, Corman, Demy, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, Varda, Oliveira, Erice, Rouch, Gilliam, Jancso — and 64 more. Ranging across innumerable topics (war, censorship, movie stars, formative influences, America, neorealism) these voices, many now passed away, engage in a personal dialogue across the years that’s by turns charming, profound, hilarious and moving.

Cast and Crew

Peter von Bagh

Peter von Bagh

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Robert Parrish

Robert Parrish

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Roy Ward Baker

Roy Ward Baker

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Víctor Erice

Víctor Erice

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Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

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Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller

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Sergio Sollima

Sergio Sollima

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Miloš Forman

Miloš Forman

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John Boorman

John Boorman

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Roger Corman

Roger Corman

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Jean Rouch

Jean Rouch

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Manoel de Oliveira

Manoel de Oliveira

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Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

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Jacques Demy

Jacques Demy

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Krzysztof Kieślowski

Krzysztof Kieślowski

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Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami

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Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

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Miklós Jancsó

Miklós Jancsó

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Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

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João Bénard da Costa

João Bénard da Costa

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G. Carbera Infante

G. Carbera Infante

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José Luis Guarner

José Luis Guarner

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Jean Douchet

Jean Douchet

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Raymond Durgnat

Raymond Durgnat

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Pertti Lumirae

Pertti Lumirae

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Satu Laaksonen

Satu Laaksonen

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Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme

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Paolo Taviani

Paolo Taviani

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Agnieszka Holland

Agnieszka Holland

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Andrei German

Andrei German

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André de Toth

André de Toth

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Krzysztof Zanussi

Krzysztof Zanussi

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Monte Hellman

Monte Hellman

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Dušan Makavejev

Dušan Makavejev

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Gian Vittorio Baldi

Gian Vittorio Baldi

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Carroll Ballard

Carroll Ballard

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Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch

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Andrey Smirnov

Andrey Smirnov

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Denys Arcand

Denys Arcand

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Vincent Sherman

Vincent Sherman

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Luc Dardenne

Luc Dardenne

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Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

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Vittorio De Seta

Vittorio De Seta

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Francesco Rosi

Francesco Rosi

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Bob Rafelson

Bob Rafelson

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Dino Risi

Dino Risi

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Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman

Self

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