This year’s festival takes place in the East Bay at The Orinda Theatre.
Based on a prize-winning novel that came out of Finland’s artistic golden age, this adaptation by the Helsinki-born Stiller is a bittersweet love letter to the bucolic homeland the director had to leave behind.
A lusty lumberman has one too many romantic idylls among the pine trees and is banished from the family farm.
While he proves his manly worth in a thrilling log ride down river rapids, he matures only by facing his flaws.
Live musical accompaniment by the Guenter Buchwald Ensemble.
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