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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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The Harvest Month (1956)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.