A Time of Roses

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A Time of Roses

Released Oct 19, 1970

1h 46m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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Finnish director Risto Jarva's fascinating, futuristic, sci-fi mystery is set in a dystopian, Pop Art-designed world of gleaming white towers, Sony video monitors, and inflatable furniture where the beautiful inhabitants all dress as Edie Sedgwick-like pixie sprites or medieval page boys out of LOGAN'S RUN. A historian of late 20th Century culture -- "before class boundaries were abolished" -- named Raimo (Arto Tuominen) is researching the death of a free-spirited erotic model from that period named Saara (Ritva Vepsä) who died under mysterious circumstances. Raimo finds Saara's identical double -- an earthy, uninhibited engineer named Kisse (also played by Vepsä) -- and tries to convince her to re-enact Saara's life and death for TV.

Soham Gadre

Film Inquiry

Time of Roses has a keen eye for design and tells a prescient tale of the lie that hides within “The End of History”.

Jun 25, 2023

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Lee Jutton

Film Inquiry

Intriguing despite its imperfections, Time of Roses is a journey through time and space worth taking.

Apr 22, 2023

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Kathy Fennessy

Seattle Film Blog

One of the more imaginative, low-budget science fiction features of the 1960s.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 6, 2023

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Risto Jarva

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Arto Tuominen

Raimo Lappalainen

Ritva Vepsä

Saara Turunen

Tarja Markus

Anu Huotari

Eero Keskitalo

Raimo's Colleague

Kalle Holmberg

Kisse's Colleague

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Finnish director Risto Jarva's fascinating, futuristic, sci-fi mystery is set in a dystopian, Pop Art-designed world of gleaming white towers, Sony video monitors, and inflatable furniture where the beautiful inhabitants all dress as Edie Sedgwick-like pixie sprites or medieval page boys out of LOGAN'S RUN. A historian of late 20th Century culture -- "before class boundaries were abolished" -- named Raimo (Arto Tuominen) is researching the death of a free-spirited erotic model from that period named Saara (Ritva Vepsä) who died under mysterious circumstances. Raimo finds Saara's identical double -- an earthy, uninhibited engineer named Kisse (also played by Vepsä) -- and tries to convince her to re-enact Saara's life and death for TV.

Director: Risto Jarva
Producer: Risto Jarva
Screenwriter: Risto Jarva, Jaakko Pakkasvirta, Peter von Bagh
Distributor: Cinema Dimensions
Production Co: Filminor
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Finnish
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 19, 1970, Limited
Runtime: 1h 46m