Entäs nyt, Niskavuori? 1987

A Finnish TV movie based on a play by Hella Wuolijoki from 1953.

Niskavuoren Heta 1987

TV movie from 1987.

Niskavuoren nuori emäntä 1987

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

Milka: A Film About Taboos 1980

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.

Päivä ennen 1978