Juha (1999)

Directed by

Aki Kaurismäki

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A peasant woman falls for a smooth-talking city man and leaves her devoted husband. The love triangle plays out in silence with black-and-white images and title cards.

melancholicslow-burnvisually starkromantictragicminimalistquietbitterly romantic

What happens

Juha is a 1999 Finnish film written, directed, produced and edited by Aki Kaurismäki. The film is loosely based on a famous 1911 novel Juha by the Finnish author Juhani Aho marking this as the fourth time the novel was adapted for the screen. The original story takes place in the 18th century but Kaurismäki's remake is set sometime in the latter half of the 20th century. It tells the story of a love triangle where a simple peasant woman leaves her husband after falling in love with a modern city slicker. Juha is a silent film shot in black-and-white with dialogue in the form of intertitles. Special release prints with titles in several different languages were produced for international distribution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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