Under Your Skin ( Käpy selän alla ) ( Skin, Skin )

Under Your Skin (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Käpy selän alla
Alternate Title: Skin, Skin
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1966 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Mikko Niskanen

Written By:
Robert Alftan
Marja-Leena Mikkola

Actors:
Eero Melasniemi ..... Santtu, student
Kristiina Halkola ..... Riitta, student of Economic Sciences
Pekka Autiovuori ..... Timo, "Timppa", medic
Kirsti Wallasvaara ..... Leena, student of Psychology
Jukka Sipilä ..... Janne Lauhanen
Anneli Sauli ..... Guest star
Robert Alfthan ..... Man in the dance hall
Kari Franck ..... Boy in the dance hall
Eija Kiuru ..... Little girl
Riitta Kiuru ..... Little girl stabbed by snake
Alma Manninen ..... Alma
Kasperi Manninen ..... Kasperi Lauhanen
Pentti Manninen ..... Liquor dealer in dance hall
Mikko Niskanen ..... Man in the dance hall

Synopsis:

In the Mikko Niskanen's film, two college-age couples set up camp by the seaside in order to get to know each other-and themselves-better. Based on their skittish behavior, Skin, Skin's female protagonists would appear to be virgins, while their boyish suitors are more experienced-about sex, not the ways of the world. Boisterous brunette Riita (Kristiina Halkola) reminds her companions of Claudia Cardinale-an understandable observation-while circumspect blonde Leena (Kirsti Wallasvaara) evokes Brigitte Bardot (particularly once she dons her newsboy cap). During the picture, the women sing a few songs, all sounding like Finnish variations on the French chanson-there's also a chic singer/actress on holiday (Anneli Sauli), who performs a number during the pivotal dancehall scene-but Skin, Skin isn't a musical. It's more like a sex comedy; an introspective pastoral miles removed from the urban insanity of Donner's Sixtynine 69. Despite a few jump cuts here and there, the results more closely resemble a pre-Vietnam-era American independent rather than a Scandinavian version of the nouvelle vague. These attractive young people have carnal relations on their minds rather than-or in addition to-politics. They're also concerned about their futures, but only in the most general sense, i.e. Riita wants to settle down, Santtu doesn't. If Skin, Skin sounds light, that's because it is, but it's also entertaining, erotic, and well worth catching on the big screen. Maybe Finland's 'sauna culture' helps to explain it, but there's as much casual nudity in these movies-naked bathing figures in Sixtynine 69, while abundant skinny-dipping decorates Anna-as hard alcohol. Which is to say: a bountiful bevy of both.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 26 March, 2009.

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