Milka – A Film About Taboos

Milka – A Film About Taboos
Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Produced by Rauni Mollberg
Written by Rauni Mollberg
Timo K. Mukka
Starring Irma Huntus
Cinematography Markku Lehmuskallio
Edited by Tuula Mehtonen
Release date
  • 19 December 1980 (1980-12-19)
Running time
110 minutes
Country Finland
Language Finnish

Milka – A Film About Taboos (Finnish: Milka – elokuva tabuista) is a 1980 Finnish drama film directed by Rauni Mollberg. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Plot

Milka is a 14-year-old still childlike girl who lives with her mother in a tiny isolated community in Northern Finland. The girl misses her dead father and prays God to show her what love is. The mother employs a man nicknamed Christ-Devil to help in the hay making. He stays in the house and courts both the mother and daughter. Later he vanishes unexpectedly, and the mother, who wished to marry him, notices that Milka is pregnant by him.

Cast

  • Irma Huntus - Milka Sierkkiniemi
  • Leena Suomu - Anna Sierkkiniemi
  • Matti Turunen - Ojanen, 'Kristus-Perkele'
  • Eikka Lehtonen - Cantor Malmström
  • Esa Niemelä - Auno Laanila
  • Hellin Auvinen-Salmi - Villager
  • Sirkka Metsäsaari - Mother Laanila
  • Ulla Tapaninen - Ojanen's woman friend
  • Toivo Tuomainen - Villager
  • Tauno Lehtihalmes - Dean

References

  1. "IMDB.com: Awards for Milka – A Film About Taboos". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
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