Cast
Kristiina Halkola Liisamaija Laaksonen 
Jörn Donner Jukka Virtanen Lasse Mårtenson Arno Carlstedt
Credits
Written by: Jörn Donner
Plot
A married man and his lover play out the story of their affair, with their roles and characters reversed, in a formal experiment in sex and film language.
Sinekatalog’s take
A provocative, stylized 1960s Finnish film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.9 / 10 (323 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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