Milka: A Film About Taboos 1980
Milka: A Film About Taboos
Based on a novel by the late Finnish writer Timo Mukka, this simple story focuses on what happens when Milka (Irma Huntus), a girl barely out of childhood, gets pregnant by Ojanen (Matti Turunen) a rustic fieldhand. Her own mother had been hoping to marry Ojanen, and her daughter's pregnancy turns their lives around. Set in the Lapp country of northern Finland, the scenery is breathtaking, made even more so by the isolation of the region. A sense of natural solitude is underscored by a slow-moving dialogue interspersed with long silences, and the connection between nature and the dialogue is underscored as the young Milka recites poetry while out in the countryside. The fate of Milka and her mother, however, is connected to the decision that Ojanen makes at the end.
Based on a novel by the late Finnish writer Timo Mukka, this simple story focuses on what happens when Milka (Irma Huntus), a girl barely out of childhood, gets pregnant by Ojanen (Matti Turunen) a rustic fieldhand. Her own mother had been hoping to marry Ojanen, and her daughter's pregnancy turns their lives around. Set in the Lapp country of northern Finland, the scenery is breathtaking, made even more so by the isolation of the region. A sense of natural solitude is underscored by a slow-moving dialogue interspersed with long silences, and the connection between nature and the dialogue is underscored as the young Milka recites poetry while out in the countryside. The fate of Milka and her mother, however, is connected to the decision that Ojanen makes at the end.
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Full Cast & Crew... Milka Sierkkiniemi
... Anna Sierkkiniemi
... Ojanen
... Malmström
EN
Esa Niemelä... Auno
... Villager
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Release Date:
Dec 19, 1980 (Finland)
Run Time:
1hr 50`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Finnish
Production Countries:
Finland
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Milka: A Film About Taboos - Milka: A Film About Taboos
Directors & Credit Writers
... Script Supervisor
... Assistant Director
... Director
Cast
... Milka Sierkkiniemi
... Anna Sierkkiniemi
... Ojanen
... Malmström
EN
Esa Niemelä... Auno
... Villager
VH
Voitto Harju... Villager
... Young Milka
... Villager
... Host of Laanila
... Villager
... Dean
... Hostess of Laanila
AP
Anna Pesonen... Villager
... Villager
... Ojanen's Woman Friend
... Villager
... Villager