Six Feet High

Liksom Rosa

A retired archive researcher spends his lonely, melancholy days wandering around Helsinki. On the sea shore, he meets a sweet Finnish woman who wears a sari and has a newborn baby. They fall in love.

Production Year
1990
Duration
00:03:20
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Six Feet High
Finnish Title

Six Feet High

English Title

Six Feet High

Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Rosa Liksom (Author), Rosa Liksom (Director), Risto Kautto (Cast), Mia Wallenius (Cast)
Press Photos
Rosa Liksom currently lives and works in Helsinki. For decades the paintings, writings, plays and video works of Liksom have fascinated audiences in Finland and abroad. Liksom grew up in a small town community in the Finnish Lapland. In 1977 she moved to Helsinki. Liksom has studied anthropology and political science in Helsinki, Copenhagen and Moscow. Between 1982–86 she lived in the Kristiania Freetown in Copenhagen before expeditions to Siberia and Mongolia. Few years later she travelled to communist China and Austin, Texas. Later, she has stayed in Helsinki. In addition to literary works, Liksom has made paintings and short films since 1985. She has also made comics, coloring books children’s books.