Milka: A Film About Taboos

Milka: A Film About Taboos

Release date : December 19, 1980
Runtime : 1h 50m
Countries of origin : Finland /
Original Language : Finnish /
Director : Rauni Mollberg /
Production companies : Arctic-Filmi /
December 19, 1980 1h 50m Finland Drama Finnish More
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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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Irma Huntus
Milka Sierkkiniemi
Leena Suomu
Anna Sierkkiniemi
Eikka Lehtonen
Malmström
Voitto Harju
Villager
Sonja Joensuu
Young Milka
Kerttu Juusela
Villager
Toivo Lampela
Host of Laanila
Sirkka Metsäsaari
Hostess of Laanila
Anna Pesonen
Villager
Eljas Siitonen
Villager
Ulla Tapaninen
Ojanen's Woman Friend
Irja Uusisalmi
Villager

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  • title:Milka: A Film About Taboos
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1980
  • Runtime:1h 50m
  • Genres: Drama ·
  • Countries of origin: Finland ·
  • Original Language: Finnish ·
  • Director: Rauni Mollberg /
  • Writers: Seppo Heinonen · Jussi Niilekselä · Timo K. Mukka · Rauni Mollberg · Veikko Aaltonen ·
  • Production companies: Arctic-Filmi ·
  • 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.
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