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Milka: A Film About Taboos

12/19/1980

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1hr 50min

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Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Irma Huntus
  • Leena Suomu
  • Matti Turunen
  • Eikka Lehtonen
  • Esa Niemelä

    Directors

  • Veikko Aaltonen
  • Rauni Mollberg
  • Ulla-Maija Alppi

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Arctic-Filmi

    Production Countries

  • Finland

LANGUAGES

  • Finnish

Cast

Irma Huntus

Milka Sierkkiniemi

Leena Suomu

Anna Sierkkiniemi

Matti Turunen

Ojanen

Eikka Lehtonen

Malmström

Esa Niemelä

Auno

Hellin Auvinen-Salmi

Villager

Voitto Harju

Villager

Sonja Joensuu

Young Milka

Kerttu Juusela

Villager

Toivo Lampela

Host of Laanila

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