Milka: A Film About Taboos (1980)

K-16 12/19/1980 (FI) Drama 1h 50m
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Overview

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.

  1. Rauni Mollberg

    Director, Screenplay

  2. Timo K. Mukka

    Novel

  3. Jussi Niilekselä

    Screenplay

  4. Seppo Heinonen

    Screenplay

  5. Veikko Aaltonen

    Screenplay

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  1. Irma Huntus

    Irma Huntus

    Milka Sierkkiniemi

  2. Leena Suomu

    Anna Sierkkiniemi

  3. Matti Turunen

    Ojanen

  4. Eikka Lehtonen

    Malmström

  5. Esa Niemelä

    Auno

  6. Hellin Auvinen-Salmi

    Villager

  7. Voitto Harju

    Villager

  8. Sonja Joensuu

    Young Milka

  9. Kerttu Juusela

    Villager

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Milka: A Film About Taboos
Milka: A Film About Taboos

Original Title Milka

Status Released

Original Language Finnish

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