Directed by:
Selma VilhunenScreenplay:
Selma VilhunenCinematography:
Juice HuhtalaCast:
Alma Pöysti, Eero Milonoff, Oona Airola, Pietu Wikström, Vilhelm Blomgren, Altamimi Wahab, Iivo Tuuri, Kaija Pakarinen, Esko Roine, Peter Kanerva, Salla Kozma (more)Plots(1)
These days, polyamory seems to be associated almost exclusively with the alternative lifestyle mindset of Gen Z. But maybe some of us who’ve already been around a few blocks and tried out a thing or two in terms of partnerships also find the standard couple set-up pretty limiting for the ways we feel and desire. Enter Selma Vilhunen’s Four Little Adults, in which a group of middle-aged folks (one of them a pastor!) decide that it’s time to break with society’s norms and prejudices about the way sex and togetherness supposedly work. Only to find out that there is an alternative, and it’s good! The genius of Four Little Adults lies in Vilhunen’s optimism and belief in people’s ability to make something less common work well for everybody. It’s something she presents cinematically as the most normal of occurrences, as the film is directed in the most humble, straight-forward, classical fashion with lovely comedic and occasional dramatic touches that give the characters something well-rounded and relatable. This is important here, because Vilhunen is saying that you could do this as well. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
Alma Pöysti
Finland
Best movies:
Fallen Leaves (2023)
Naked Harbour (2012)
Moomins on the Riviera (2014)
Eero Milonoff
Finland
Best movies:
The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
Popular Music (2004)
False Trail (2011)
Oona Airola
Finland
Best movies:
Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019)
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016)
Land of Hope (2018)
Pietu Wikström
Finland
Best movies:
Four Little Adults (2023)
Girls Girls Girls (2022)
Force of Habit (2019)
Vilhelm Blomgren
Best movies:
Clark (2022) (series)
Midsommar (2019)
The Last Letter From Your Lover (2021)
Altamimi Wahab
Best movies:
Four Little Adults (2023)
Iivo Tuuri
Best movies:
Four Little Adults (2023)
The Woodcutter Story (2022)
Kaija Pakarinen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
Esko Roine
Finland
Best movies:
Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
Four Little Adults (2023)
Peter Kanerva
Finland
Best movies:
A Patriotic Man (2013)
Beyond Enemy Lines (2004)
The Dissidents (2017)
Salla Kozma
Best movies:
Aurora (2019)
Four Little Adults (2023)
Timo Tuominen
Finland
Best movies:
Mother of Mine (2005)
The Eternal Road (2017)
That Special Summer (2007)
Pertti Sveholm
Finland
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
Frozen Land (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Emilia Sinisalo
Best movies:
Thomas (2008) (TV movie)
Black Ice (2007)
Road North (2012)
Meri Milash
Best movies:
Four Little Adults (2023)
Joni Hyvönen
Best movies:
Four Little Adults (2023)
Outi Olkkola
Best movies:
Four Little Adults (2023)
Merja Göös
Best movies:
Four Little Adults (2023)
Antti Heinonen
Best movies:
Four Little Adults (2023)
Petra Innanen
Finland
Best movies:
Four Little Adults (2023)