Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

Nov 23, 1998

★ 6.0

Overview

A journey through time to our futuristic recent past. A documentary film about the rise and fall of a Finnish plastic house. A story about the utopia of the "space age" that almost came true. The Futuro house was completed in 1968. It was believed that humanity was on the threshold of a new era, when technology would be able to solve all conceivable problems. Made entirely of plastic, Futuro was both a reflection of its time and a utopian vision of the "future state of affairs."

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Kinotar

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Cast

Self - Futuro Guide

Liisa Aminoff

Self - Futuro House 001 Owner

Matti Kuusla

Self - Futuro Mistress

Goldy Olander

Self - Product Manager

Pentti Podschivalow

Self - Investor

Samuel Samson

Self - Work Leader

Peter Stude

Self - Architect

Matti Suuronen

Self - CEO of Polykem Oy

Ensio Söderström

Self - Trade Technician

Heikki Tikkanen

Self - Artist

Charles Wilp

Self

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