The Well - 1992

This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the police, and a manhunt begins. The police discover the oldest boy alive, and find that the mother tried to drown herself, but has survived. The two younger children remained missing.

108min
1992
K-16
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating5.3/10

Cast

Merja Larivaara profile pictureMerja LarivaaraAnna-Maija Laakso
Auvo Vihro profile pictureAuvo VihroMatti Laakso
Martti Suosalo profile pictureMartti SuosaloArvi Parikka
Dick Idman profile pictureDick IdmanDetective
Leea Klemola profile pictureLeea KlemolaLawyer on the phone (uncredited) (voice)
Veikko Honkanen profile pictureVeikko HonkanenPolice officer at hearing (uncredited) (voice)
Eeva-Liisa Haimelin profile pictureEeva-Liisa HaimelinMaternity ward nurse (uncredited)
Raimo Grönberg profile pictureRaimo GrönbergPriest (uncredited) (voice)
Marja-Leena Kouki profile pictureMarja-Leena KoukiWarden (uncredited) (voice)

About The Well

The Well Overview

This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the police, and a manhunt begins. The police discover the oldest boy alive, and find that the mother tried to drown herself, but has survived. The two younger children remained missing.

Age Rating: K-16
Runtime: 108min

Extra details

Original Title: Kaivo
Original Language: Finnish
Budget: $550,000.00
Directed By: Pekka Lehto
Production Companies
KinoFinlandiaMetronome ProductionsFilmTeknik