The read
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
72 audience votes
Key crew
- Aki KaurismäkiDirector
- Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay
- Anssi TikanmäkiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sakari KuosmanenJuha
- Kati OutinenMarja
- André WilmsShemeikka
- Elina SaloShemeikka's Sister
- Markku PeltolaDriver
- Esko NikkariPolice Chief
- Ona KamuShemeikka's Woman
- Outi MäenpääShemeikka's Woman
- Tuire TuomistoShemeikka's Woman
- Tatjana SolovjovaDancer
- Jaakko TalaskiviBodyguard
- Safka PekkonenOrchestra Member
Stills
Themes
based on novel or book