Just Culture #14: Myrskyluodon Maija in Review
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The following review first appeared in Just Thoughts #6: Consulting vs. Entrepreneurship.
And read as follows;
A movie based on a drama book series that first appeared in the late sixties, Myrskyluodon Maija is a story about a woman and her family living in the Finnish archipelago in the late 19th century. I went into this movie without reservation and with no background info. The only notion was, “One should see this one”. The first 20 minutes made me think this was yet another Finnish drama, and for the rest of the movie, I barely had time to gather all the emotions. Yes, I cried a lot.
If you want a crash course in understanding Finnish society's backbone, watch this movie. Finland is built by strong women who don’t know if they will survive the winter, who are not afraid to be different, who are determined, who can enjoy life, who raise children to be better than themselves, who dare question the gender norms, who face tremendous loss, but still find the strength to continue and even when faced with the inhumanities of war, give humanity hope.
It’s a good story, and even if you can’t follow the spoken tongue of the movie, the actors make you feel what the characters are feeling. The critics will give this movie something less than 5/5, but I’m not a critic. I’m a fan. The movie is a 6/5. Between this movie and going to watch my friends Ida & Kalle, whom I also am a fan of, perform for the 10th + time. The movie was the better choice. Sorry, Ida & Kalle, but it was.
The Movie is on paid domestic platforms and internationally on Amazon Prime. It only has 7,9/10 stars on IMDB, which is quite surprising. I would have this above 8,2, with insufficient reviews on tomatoes, which tells us more about who uses tomatoes than what people think about the movie. Here’s the trailer for an additional taste of the film.
As for a reflection of this review, it’s highly timely for the Finnish Independence Day we celebrated yesterday. It tells a different story of how this country was built (by strong women), and I went about mentioning Ida & Kalle, who are touring for the last time next year in May.
Furthermore, talking about strong Finnish women, Ida has started in a new project called “Rodeo,” which appeared at the Independence Day ball.
On the other hand, Kalle has other plans, which I’m delighted to discuss with him here as part of the first podcasts for the Just Culture section of Just Thoughts! Until next time!
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