Sensuela (1973)
Sensuela (1973)
DVDRip | MKV | 688x572 | x264 @ 1800 Kbps | 108 min | 1,52 Gb
Audio: Suomi AC3 1.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama, Romance
DVDRip | MKV | 688x572 | x264 @ 1800 Kbps | 108 min | 1,52 Gb
Audio: Suomi AC3 1.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Teuvo Tulio
Writers: Regina Linnanheimo, Yrjö Norta
Stars: Marianne Mardi, Ossi Elstelä, Mauritz Åkerman
At the end of WW2 a German pilot Hans crashes in Finland. A Lappland Girl Laila rescues him and they fall in love. They meet again later in Helsinki where Hans works as a photographer. Despite his fathers arguments Laila moves to live with Hans. She starts to act as her nude model, but soon the unfaitful Hans gets rid of her and gets involved with other women. Laila tries to save her face and start a new life but her faith alongside Hans is sealed.
Calling this movie the worst in Finnish movie history is a serious misjudgment. Teuvo Tulio's final work was marred by financial troubles, but his story about an innocent Lapland girl turning prostitute is a feast of surreal plot, almost psychedelic colors and over-Brechtian amateur acting. There are some obvious cultural mistakes: for example, in the first scenes Laila, the Lapland girl, is actually wearing men's clothes. These mistakes, however, do not spoil the film as visually it is almost over-stylized.
Sometimes the movie has been called soft porn, but actually it conveys a direct feminist message and works as a critique of objectivation of women. At the same time Laila is shown as an active, not a passive, character. Tulio has also included some intertextual references to his earlier movies, creating a hybrid that constantly walks the line between art, irony and feminist commentary. It's a shame that lack of finances came in the way of Tulio's vision.
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