Milka: A Film About Taboos

Milka: A Film About Taboos

1980
1h 50m
5.5

5.5/10

13 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
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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Production Information

Production Companies
Arctic-Filmi
Production Countries
Finland
Spoken Languages
Finnish

Keywords

based on novel or book

Quick Facts

Original Title Milka
Release Date December 19, 1980
Status Released
Language FI
IMDb ID tt0081160

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

Jussi Lappalainen
Jussi Lappalainen

Villager

Tauno Lehtihalmes
Tauno Lehtihalmes

Dean

Key Crew

Rauni Mollberg
Director
Seppo Heinonen
Screenplay
Jussi Niilekselä
Screenplay
Rauni Mollberg
Screenplay
Veikko Aaltonen
Screenplay
Rauni Mollberg
Producer