Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenComposer:
Anssi TikanmäkiCast:
Sakari Kuosmanen, Kati Outinen, André Wilms, Markku Peltola, Elina Salo, Ona Kamu, Outi Mäenpää, Tuire Tuomisto, Tatiana Soloviova, Esko Nikkari (more)VOD (1)
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Juha is a traditional melodrama, where the life of a humble peasant couple is disturbed by a city slick. He seduces the poor wife and brings her to the city, but dumps her in a brothel once she falls pregnant. The synopsis may sound familiar – the film is based on Juhani Aho's classic novel by the same name. The book – written during a period of oppression and thus proposing a political undertone – has been translated into a film before by several directors, including Mauritz Stiller and Nyrki Tapiovaara. However, it seems that Kaurismäki was inspired more by American sob drama, and it's no coincidence that the Casanova drives a Sierck (which most likely is a part of the director's personal collection). (VpM) (Midnight Sun Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Sakari Kuosmanen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
Kati Outinen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
André Wilms
France
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Juha (1999)
Markku Peltola
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Elina Salo
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Ona Kamu
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Juha (1999)
Popular Music (2004)
Outi Mäenpää
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Tuire Tuomisto
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Juha (1999)
Tatiana Soloviova
Best movies:
Juha (1999)
Esko Nikkari
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Winter War (1989)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Jaakko Talaskivi
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Ariel (1988)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Safka Pekkonen
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Juha (1999)
Sami Kuoppamäki
Best movies:
Juha (1999)
Juuso Nordlund
Best movies:
Juha (1999)
Anssi Tikanmäki
Finland
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
The Worthless (1982)
Juha (1999)
Jari Yliaho
Finland
Best movies:
Juha (1999)
Pekka Nikander
Best movies:
Juha (1999)
Carl-Erik Calamnius
Best movies:
Juha (1999)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Matti Hyvönen
Best movies:
Juha (1999)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Matti Heino
Best movies:
Juha (1999)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)