Milka: A Film About Taboos
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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.
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Cast
18 people
Irma Huntus
Milka Sierkkiniemi
Leena Suomu
Anna Sierkkiniemi
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Matti Turunen
Ojanen
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Eikka Lehtonen
Malmström
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The Unknown Soldier
Marja pieni!
Esa Niemelä
Auno
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Täältä tullaan, elämä!
Hellin Auvinen-Salmi
Villager
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Metsolat
Reinikainen
Voitto Harju
Villager
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song
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Sonja Joensuu
Young Milka
No other roles listed
Kerttu Juusela
Villager
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Toivo Lampela
Host of Laanila
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song
Jussi Lappalainen
Villager
Tauno Lehtihalmes
Dean
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Lain ulkopuolella
Rauni Mollberg Director · Veikko Aaltonen Screenplay Seppo Heinonen Screenplay
First release December 19, 1980 · Produced in Finland · Working title Tabu
Production
Arctic-Filmi
Production
Finland
Produced in
Tabu
Working title
Languages
Original title
Milka
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Finnish
Release dates
Finland · December 19, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Sweden
December 26, 1981 · Theatrical
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