The Glory and Misery of Human Life

The Glory and Misery of Human Life
The Glory and Misery of Human Life
	Original Finnish film poster.
Directed by	Matti Kassila
Written by	Matti Kassila
Based on	Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus; by F.E. Sillanpää
Produced by	Päivi Hartzell
Starring	Lasse Pöysti,; Liisamaija Laaksonen,; Tuula Nyman,; Antti Litja
Music by	Jukka Linkola
Release date	1988;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

The Glory and Misery of Human Life (Finnish: Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus) is a 1988 Finnish drama film directed and written by Matti Kassila starring Lasse Pöysti, Liisamaija Laaksonen and Tuula Nyman. It is based on the novel by F.E. Sillanpää.^[1]

The film is Jasper Pääkkönen's debut role, when he was seven years old at the time.^[2] The film also features Samuli Edelmann in one of his first film roles.

Plot

The film is starring writer Martti Hongisto (Lasse Pöysti), who goes out to meet Anna (Liisamaija Laaksonen) after loving her youth and reminiscing about his past youth. Meanwhile, Hongisto's wife Laimi (Tuula Nyman) is searching for her husband in restaurants.