Elämä on juhla / Summer is Crazy

Synopsis

Summer is Crazy is a satirical ensemble drama about a group of people who, for different reasons, are living in a tourist village on the small island of Nauvo in the Finnish archipelago.

Taking place in the middle of the summer, the film revolves around the Eerola family and their entourage: Hannele, a mother who is trying to take care of absolutely everything while having an affair with her boss; Selma, a teenaged daughter who hates the village and her life; Otso, a depressed father whose fine dining restaurant has gone bankrupt; and Samppa, an ex-pop star neighbor trying to clean up his act for his almost too-good-to-be-true son Arttu who is visiting the island for midsummer. 

With midsummer festivities approaching, both Hannele’s and Selma’s need for change grows to a new extent. For far too long, Otso’s depression has been like a gravitational field pulling them down. There has got to be more to life than that. Will Hannele find a new move in her stalemate marriage, and will Selma be able to open her heart to Arttu and to the wonders of the world?