Juha [videorecording] / written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
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FilmSeries: Description: 1 videodisc (77 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 12 cmContained works: Kaurismäki, Aki, 1957- [director,, writer.] | Aho, Juhani, 1861-1921. JuhaSubject(s): Feature filmsProduction credits: Based on the 1911 novel by Juhani Aho.Cast includesSakari Kuosmanen, Kati Outinen and André Wilms.Summary: Juha is a serious farm worker whose wife is seduced away from him by a city slicker. The film uses the conventions of the silent film with absurdist humour, but the ending is rather grim, hence the certificate 12. There is no spoken dialogue but there is a lush musical soundtrack.
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Paul Hamlyn Library | Paul Hamlyn Library | Floor 1 Mobile shelves | 791.4372 JUH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 05940338 |
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Originally released in 1999.
Based on the 1911 novel by Juhani Aho.
Cast includesSakari Kuosmanen, Kati Outinen and André Wilms.
Juha is a serious farm worker whose wife is seduced away from him by a city slicker. The film uses the conventions of the silent film with absurdist humour, but the ending is rather grim, hence the certificate 12. There is no spoken dialogue but there is a lush musical soundtrack.
Certificate 12.
DVD, region 2.
Finnish silent film styled titles, with English subtitles.
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