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.

Country:

Finland

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

110 minutes

Year:

1980

Director:

Rauni Mollberg

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Company:

Arctic-Filmi

Cast:

Milka Sierkkiniemi

Anna Sierkkiniemi

Ojanen

Malmström

Auno

Crew:

Director

Assistant Director

Makeup Artist

Editor

Director of Photography