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
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 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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