The Well

The Well (1992)

Kaivo

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.

Date of release
1992-09-29
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Drama
Director
Pekka Lehto

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Halikko, Halikonjoki, Perniö, Ekenäs, Turku Prison, Uskelan emäkirkko and 1 more

Kaivo is a 1992 Finnish drama film directed by Pekka Lehto and starring by Merja Larivaara. It was entered into the competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival. As of 2010, Kaivo is the all-time twelfth most expensive Finnish film.

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