Film “The Year of the Wolf” / “Suden Vuosi”

Thursday 16th October at 18.00

This Finnish film (with English subtitles) will be shown in the conference venue on Thursday 16th November at 18.00.

The plot of the film Sari is a talented student of literature who appears composed and confident on the outside. Her life is however characterized by a sense of remoteness: women envy her for her intelligence and beauty, men admire her from a distance for the same reasons. But looming inside her is a beast that isolates her from the rest of the world. Sari has epilepsy, a dreaded and mystical disease, and a fear of new attacks makes her live cautiously, keeping a safe distance to other people.

When Sari meets Mikko Groman, an older man who is a lecturer at her department, she recognizes in him a similar element of remoteness. Mikko in the company of 19th century poetry. In Mikko Sari finds an equal, but outsiders only see them as two totally incompatible people. The film describes their beautiful lovestory.

The film “the Year of the Wolf” had premiere in 2.2.2007 in Finland. The Finnish chapters of IBE and ILAE had a chance to collaborate with the producer through project The Many Faces of Epilepsy. The project is a contribution to ILAE´s, IBE´s and WHO´s campaign Out of the Shadows.
More about the film:http://www.matilarohr.com/tuotannot/elokuvat/suden-vuosi-0

DVD copies of the movie can be purchased from the Finnish Epilepsy Association. Please contact epilepsialiitto@epilepsia.fi for futher details.