Milka - A Film About Taboos

– Based on a novel by the late Finnish writer Timo Mukka, this simple story focuses on what happens wh..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 50 Minutes
Release Year:
1980
Original Name:
Milka
Milka - A Film About Taboos (1980) - Also known as Milka

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.

Producing Country:
Genre:
Release Date:

19 Dec 1980

Language:

Finnish

Director:

Rauni Mollberg

Writer:

Veikko Aaltonen, Seppo Heinonen, Rauni Mollberg, Timo K. Mukka (novel), Jussi Niilekselä

Main Actors:

Irma Huntus, Leena Suomu, Matti Turunen, Eikka Lehtonen

Plot:

In a small Finnish Lapland community, Milka, an innocent 14-year-old girl lives with her mother, misses her dead father and prays God to show her what love is. For haymaking, they employ a simple but hard-working field hand, nicknamed Christ-Devil, who decides to stay and become the man of the house, courting both the mother and daughter. Eventually he leaves them both, and Milka has his child.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10