The Clan: Tale of the Frogs

Name: The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
Director: Mika Kaurismäki
Released: 1984
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Markku Halme, Minna Soisalo, Sakari Rouvinen, Juhani Niemelä, Antti Litja

1984 · 120 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 512 VOTES · DIR. Mika Kaurismäki

Overview

Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with them. He is in love with Mirja, whose family is not that different from the Sammakko's, but who shares Alex's viewpoints and feelings. Not helping matters is a police department convinced that all Sammakkos are bad, and the family itself, pressuring Alex to follow in their murky footsteps.

Dialogue Timeline — 700 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 VILLE ALF A FILMPRODUCTIONS PRESENT

00:04:50 You are your father's son.

00:12:35 Maybe you could learn something.

00:16:22 You'll wake everybody up!

00:18:44 and some drunks heard it".

00:21:48 Have you seen Benjamin, the other scoundrel?

00:24:01 Stop it now! You're worse than the devil!

00:27:28 Do what you want, just get out.

00:32:28 - Is Alexander so good? - Yes.

00:35:46 I'm not just an ordinary shoplifter, -

00:38:44 Robert ought to surrender.

00:42:27 Somebody's coming.

00:47:40 You can sleep in the barn. Robert should go.

00:53:38 Is it clear?

00:58:11 Yes, but I was sleeping in a barn. Alone?

01:00:58 and then I heard w here y ou w ere.

01:03:39 Are they letting you go?

01:05:46 You were seen try ing to sell a stolen jacket

01:08:19 No, it seems you have nothing to do with the jacket -

01:12:52 We must take you to hospital.

01:16:21 and property o f other people, to feel love and pity and -

01:19:22 The court has made its decision.

01:24:48 At grandma Sara's, she gave me money.

01:28:35 That's just childish.

Cast & Characters

Markku Halme Aleksanteri Suuri Sammakko Minna Soisalo Mirja Andersson Sakari Rouvinen Roope Andersson Juhani Niemelä Samuli Sammakko Antti Litja Benjamin Sammakko Kari Väänänen Leevi Sammakko Mikko Majanlahti Pike Andersson Tuija Vuolle Ulla Sammakko Soli Labbart Saara-Muori Sammakko Eila Halonen Raakel Sammakko

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed700

Dialogue density5.8 lines / min

First line00:00:00

Final line01:28:35

Production Record

DirectorMika Kaurismäki

LanguageFI

IMDb votes512