Milka: A Film About Taboos backdrop
Milka: A Film About Taboos poster
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Milka: A Film About Taboos
5.8
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1h 50m
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1980
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Released
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.

Cast
Irma Huntus poster
Irma Huntus
Milka Sierkkiniemi
Leena Suomu poster
Leena Suomu
Anna Sierkkiniemi
Matti Turunen poster
Matti Turunen
Ojanen
Eikka Lehtonen poster
Eikka Lehtonen
Malmström
Esa Niemelä poster
Esa Niemelä
Auno
Hellin Auvinen-Salmi poster
Hellin Auvinen-Salmi
Villager
Voitto Harju poster
Voitto Harju
Villager
Sonja Joensuu poster
Sonja Joensuu
Young Milka
Kerttu Juusela poster
Kerttu Juusela
Villager
Toivo Lampela poster
Toivo Lampela
Host of Laanila
Jussi Lappalainen poster
Jussi Lappalainen
Villager
Tauno Lehtihalmes poster
Tauno Lehtihalmes
Dean
Sirkka Metsäsaari poster
Sirkka Metsäsaari
Hostess of Laanila
Anna Pesonen poster
Anna Pesonen
Villager
Eljas Siitonen poster
Eljas Siitonen
Villager
Ulla Tapaninen poster
Ulla Tapaninen
Ojanen's Woman Friend
Toivo Tuomainen poster
Toivo Tuomainen
Villager
Irja Uusisalmi poster
Irja Uusisalmi
Villager

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