Martta Mäkelä
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Nov 2, 1973 · The Earth Is a Sinful Song: Directed by Rauni Mollberg. With Maritta Viitamäki, Pauli Jauhojärvi, Aimo Saukko, Milja Hiltunen. A young woman has an intense affair with a womanizing reindeer herdsman.
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- Rauni Mollberg
- 1973-11-02
The Earth Is a Sinful Song (Finnish: Maa on syntinen laulu) is a 1973 Finnish drama film directed by Rauni Mollberg and based on the novel Maa on syntinen laulu by late Finnish author Timo K. Mukka. It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.
After young Martta quenched her bodily lust with Oula, the reindeer herder, she finds herself pregnant – and the target of her tiny village’s scorn, which is driven by frightful religious fervour given a volatile edge by all-pervasive alcoholism.
Sep 5, 2015 · “The Earth Is a Sinful Song” is the somewhat misleadingly lyrical title of this film. It is based on a novel set in Finnish Lapland in 1947-48 and concerns itself, in unusually intimate detail, with the lives of the inhabitants of a small, rustic community, and with particular emphasis on one family—an old man, his unhappy son ...
Overview. An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish Lapland of the late 1940s. When the 19-year-old girl turns up pregnant, her alcoholic father is outraged and a series of tragic events follows.
Review by Spencer Lee. The Earth Is a Sinful Song 1973 ★★★★½. Watched Jan 21 , 2019. It’s so rare to see a film absolutely dedicated to realism. This film is so much more than a costume drama. There is so much focus on how brutal this environment is and just the harsh reality of this way of life.
An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish Lapland of the late 1940s. When the...
