Milka: A Film About Taboos

Milka: A Film About Taboos by Rauni Mollberg

5.80

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

Irma Huntus

Irma Huntus as Milka Sierkkiniemi

Leena Suomu

Leena Suomu as Anna Sierkkiniemi

Matti Turunen

Matti Turunen as Ojanen

Eikka Lehtonen

Eikka Lehtonen as Malmström

Esa Niemelä

Esa Niemelä as Auno

Hellin Auvinen-Salmi

Hellin Auvinen-Salmi as Villager

Voitto Harju

Voitto Harju as Villager

Sonja Joensuu

Sonja Joensuu as Young Milka

Kerttu Juusela

Kerttu Juusela as Villager

Toivo Lampela

Toivo Lampela as Host of Laanila

Jussi Lappalainen

Jussi Lappalainen as Villager

Tauno Lehtihalmes

Tauno Lehtihalmes as Dean

Sirkka Metsäsaari

Sirkka Metsäsaari as Hostess of Laanila

Anna Pesonen

Anna Pesonen as Villager

Eljas Siitonen

Eljas Siitonen as Villager

Ulla Tapaninen

Ulla Tapaninen as Ojanen's Woman Friend

Toivo Tuomainen

Toivo Tuomainen as Villager

Irja Uusisalmi

Irja Uusisalmi as Villager

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