Milka: A Film About Taboos

1980110m5.8 (14)
Drama

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.

Crew

Rauni Mollberg

Rauni Mollberg

Director

Rauni Mollberg

Rauni Mollberg

Screenplay

JN

Jussi Niilekselä

Screenplay

SH

Seppo Heinonen

Screenplay

VA

Veikko Aaltonen

Screenplay

KR

Kari Rydman

Original Music Composer

EV

Esa Vuorinen

Director of Photography

Markku Lehmuskallio

Markku Lehmuskallio

Director of Photography

Cast

Irma Huntus

Irma Huntus

Milka Sierkkiniemi

LS

Leena Suomu

Anna Sierkkiniemi

MT

Matti Turunen

Ojanen

EL

Eikka Lehtonen

Malmström

EN

Esa Niemelä

Auno

HA

Hellin Auvinen-Salmi

Villager

VH

Voitto Harju

Villager

SJ

Sonja Joensuu

Young Milka

KJ

Kerttu Juusela

Villager

TL

Toivo Lampela

Host of Laanila

JL

Jussi Lappalainen

Villager

TL

Tauno Lehtihalmes

Dean

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