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