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Milka: A Film About Taboos (1980)

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.

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Irma HuntusIrma HuntusMilka Sierkkiniemi
  • Photo of Leena SuomuLeena SuomuAnna Sierkkiniemi
  • Photo of Matti TurunenMatti TurunenOjanen
  • Photo of Eikka LehtonenEikka LehtonenMalmström
  • Photo of Esa NiemeläEsa NiemeläAuno
  • Photo of Hellin Auvinen-SalmiHellin Auvinen-SalmiVillager
  • Photo of Voitto HarjuVoitto HarjuVillager
  • Photo of Sonja JoensuuSonja JoensuuYoung Milka
  • Photo of Kerttu JuuselaKerttu JuuselaVillager
  • Photo of Toivo LampelaToivo LampelaHost of Laanila

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