Love Along a River (1956)

Original title

Juha

Directed by

Toivo Särkkä

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

K-16

Rating

3.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young farm wife named Marja lives with her older husband Juha. When a smooth-talking traveling merchant arrives, he seduces Marja and sets off a chain of emotional conflict.

tensemelancholicslow-burnvisually lushromanticatmosphericrestrained

What happens

Juha (also known as Love Along a River) is a 1956 Finnish drama film produced, written, and directed by Toivo Särkkä. The film is based on a 1911 novel Juha by Juhani Aho, telling the story of the farm host Juha and his young wife Marja, whose usual everyday life is disrupted when a Karelian traveling merchant arrives and starts seducing the passionate Marja. The film stars Elina Pohjanpää, Eino Kaipainen and Veikko Uusimäki. Juha is the first Finnish feature-length color film and also the first Finnish widescreen film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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