Juha (1999) - full transcript
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
SPUTNIK presents
In a film by
AKI KAURISMÄKI
Based on the novel by
JUHANI AHO
They are happy as children.
- Are you the daughter?
- I am mistress of the house.
Wife to that miserable old man?
You're too lovely for that cripple.
He is a good man, Juha is.
Too old for you - throw him aside.
Come away with me.
It's badly broken.
I'll get parts tomorrow from town.
Not until tomorrow?
You have a beautiful wife...
Yes, she is handsome...
And yours?
I have no wife.
Marja would not be mine
had she not been an orphan in our care.
I raised her from a little girl
as my own.
I could have had a farmer's daughter,
but she was to my liking, though poor.
Come away with me.
You shall have whatever you like.
Wait...
I shall fetch you shortly.
You shall grow old before your time
in this wilderness.
Your eyes dimmed,
your hair grey, your shoulders bent.
SOME WEEKS LATER
We leave tomorrow.
- Where to? - To city.
For it is what you want as well.
I belong to another... Juha.
You are no more his than is a bird
that he has caught and caged.
I have gone away with Shemeikka
because I love him.
My heart is withering here
and I cannot breathe.
Forgive me and do not attempt
in vain to find me. Your Marja
You are tired... sleep a moment.
Marja. Wait here.
They have taken Marja...
Unless she was taken away by force,
the authorities can do nothing.
Let's go.
- Where is Shemeikka?
- He'll be here soon.
He asks that you wait. I am his sister.
His sister... Oh, I am glad.
- You are so thin...
- How long do you think she'll last?
- You're from out of town, aren't you?
Why do you sit here in the dark?
Come and let me introduce you.
I fear your friends.
Take me away from here.
Take you away? You only just arrived.
You're not enjoying yourself?
The cruelest of pain does not frighten
me and without grief I could not live
When you live the time of cherries
you will know the pain of love
Do you think I'll support you forever?
It's time you start working.
Never!
Who says you are better than others?
You are with child.
AUTUMN
WINTER
To the memory of Jaakko Talaskivi
In a film by
AKI KAURISMÄKI
Based on the novel by
JUHANI AHO
They are happy as children.
- Are you the daughter?
- I am mistress of the house.
Wife to that miserable old man?
You're too lovely for that cripple.
He is a good man, Juha is.
Too old for you - throw him aside.
Come away with me.
It's badly broken.
I'll get parts tomorrow from town.
Not until tomorrow?
You have a beautiful wife...
Yes, she is handsome...
And yours?
I have no wife.
Marja would not be mine
had she not been an orphan in our care.
I raised her from a little girl
as my own.
I could have had a farmer's daughter,
but she was to my liking, though poor.
Come away with me.
You shall have whatever you like.
Wait...
I shall fetch you shortly.
You shall grow old before your time
in this wilderness.
Your eyes dimmed,
your hair grey, your shoulders bent.
SOME WEEKS LATER
We leave tomorrow.
- Where to? - To city.
For it is what you want as well.
I belong to another... Juha.
You are no more his than is a bird
that he has caught and caged.
I have gone away with Shemeikka
because I love him.
My heart is withering here
and I cannot breathe.
Forgive me and do not attempt
in vain to find me. Your Marja
You are tired... sleep a moment.
Marja. Wait here.
They have taken Marja...
Unless she was taken away by force,
the authorities can do nothing.
Let's go.
- Where is Shemeikka?
- He'll be here soon.
He asks that you wait. I am his sister.
His sister... Oh, I am glad.
- You are so thin...
- How long do you think she'll last?
- You're from out of town, aren't you?
Why do you sit here in the dark?
Come and let me introduce you.
I fear your friends.
Take me away from here.
Take you away? You only just arrived.
You're not enjoying yourself?
The cruelest of pain does not frighten
me and without grief I could not live
When you live the time of cherries
you will know the pain of love
Do you think I'll support you forever?
It's time you start working.
Never!
Who says you are better than others?
You are with child.
AUTUMN
WINTER
To the memory of Jaakko Talaskivi