Backwood Philosopher

2009 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 576 VOTES · DIR. Kari Väänänen

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Overview

Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a "sinistä ajatusta", idea out of the blue. While firing upon a hybrid of the hazel grouse and the western capercaillie, kinds of birds, he indeed makes a scientific discovery.

Dialogue Timeline — 979 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:18 BACKWOOD PHILOSOPHER
00:05:37 Your mother blamed your father second hand this morning.
00:09:38 or we can't reach the basic truth.
00:13:54 So those are second hands? Handy, indeed.
00:19:55 And then we'll think things clear.
00:25:45 Assistants to those schoolmen or something.
00:29:18 What about the fat-tailed sheep?
00:34:52 Selmi was wriggling by that wall like a waxwing.
00:39:46 But that man's a witch, a wizard.
00:42:50 I could knock a forty off.
00:46:31 It feeds on wood. Pitchy pine is its favorite.
00:49:14 I hope thunder burns down his rotten forest. Who'd want to buy it anyway?
00:53:06 Who knows. People talk.
00:57:28 I floated 400 km on the Australian coast, clinging to an oar.
01:03:33 Damn, it's raining! Matti, cover the gear!
01:08:26 with skeins of worms but no brain left.
01:11:58 What would you do with the current guards and kings?
01:15:25 Where are the birds now? -I gave them to Moses to cook.
01:18:23 You'll be world famous, Pylkkonen.
01:24:37 A hundred kilos of pure gold under the floor.
01:30:24 Got me a house and a car and a motorcycle.
01:33:20 Wonder who that guy at the shop was? Pylkkonen sure was in hurry to leave.
01:37:20 Konsta Pylkkonen. Will you take me with you to Kontiomoki?
01:42:38 Translation: Susan Heiskanen

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed979
Dialogue density8.9 lines / min
First line00:01:18
Final line01:42:38

Production Record

DirectorKari Väänänen
LanguageFI
Budget$2,225,000
IMDb votes576