Leena Suomu

Mika's mother marries a man who is getting out of the jail. At the beginning everything seems to be all right. Mika leaves Oulu, an industrial city up in Northern Finland, to study in the capital, Helsinki. He does very well with his studies and also begins a relationship with the girl he knew already back in Oulu. Meanwhile the new husband reveals his true self - and all of a sudden things get very serious.

Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg’s art and success.

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.

Situé au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Après l'invasion de la Pologne par l'Allemagne nazie en septembre 1939, la Russie attaque la Finlande en novembre 1939. Les réservistes finlandais quittent leurs foyers et partent en guerre. Le film se concentre sur deux fermiers de la municipalité de Kauhava dans la province de Pohjanmaa / Ostrobothnia, frères Martti et Paavo Hakala, servant dans un peloton finlandais.

TV movie from 1987.

TV movie from 1987. Based on Hella Wuolijoki's play of the same name from 1940.