The Woodcutter Story

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The Woodcutter Story

2022

1h 39m

Comedy

Drama

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Pepe the woodcutter's life in an idyllic Finnish village is torn apart over the course of a few days, but he seems fine with it all, as though he knows a profound truth about existence.

Jonathan Romney

Screen International

The film feels rather like a Kaurismäkian variant on Twin Peaks, with a soupçon of Fargo.

May 19, 2022

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Stephanie Bunbury

Deadline Hollywood Daily

More than anything, though, I love Myllylahti’s cavalier boldness. He’s seen a vivid, peculiar story and just gone for it. He’s one to watch.

Sep 19, 2023

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Lisa Giles-Keddie

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The Woodcutter Story provides the viewer a cinematic experience to reflect on life’s ups and downs and what we hold dear through the sporadic absurdity, all the while bathing in Scandi scenic beauty.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 27, 2022

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Daniel Gorman

In Review Online

The Woodcutter Story is visually unexceptional, despite a few beautiful snowy vistas. Virtually every shot, every composition, looks roughly the same, flattening entire scenes into the same metronomic rhythm.

May 23, 2022

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Kevin Jagernauth

The Playlist

If satisfaction in life can’t be willed into existence, and that we’re at the mercy of the whims of whatever greater powers are bartering for our mortal souls, then “The Woodcutter Story” might be the most terrifying movie of the year.

Rated: C+

May 23, 2022

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Amusing and not as heavy handed as it could be considering what transpires, this double edged sword formulates the notion of hope both as a defense mechanism and the device which keeps us stuck in place on a hamster wheel.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 19, 2022

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Synopsis

Pepe the woodcutter's life in an idyllic Finnish village is torn apart over the course of a few days, but he seems fine with it all, as though he knows a profound truth about existence.

Director: Mikko Myllylahti
Producer: Emilia Haukka, Jussi Rantamäki
Screenwriter: Mikko Myllylahti
Production Co: Keplerfilm, Achtung Panda! Media, Elokuvayhtiö Oy Aamu, Beofilm
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Finnish
Runtime: 1h 39m