Movie: Milka: A Film About Taboos

Top 10 Billed Cast

Irma Huntus
Irma Huntus

Milka Sierkkiniemi

Leena Suomu
Leena Suomu

Anna Sierkkiniemi

Matti Turunen
Matti Turunen

Ojanen

Eikka Lehtonen
Eikka Lehtonen

Malmström

Esa Niemelä
Esa Niemelä

Auno

Hellin Auvinen-Salmi
Hellin Auvinen-Salmi

Villager

Voitto Harju
Voitto Harju

Villager

Sonja Joensuu
Sonja Joensuu

Young Milka

Kerttu Juusela
Kerttu Juusela

Villager

Toivo Lampela
Toivo Lampela

Host of Laanila

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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.

  • Release Date

    1980-12-19

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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  • Languages:

    suomi
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