"a film by AKI KAURISMAKI based on the novel by JUHANI AHO" "They are happy as children." "Are you the daughter?" "I am the 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." "I had her only because she was an orphan and lived here." "I raised her." "I could've had a farmer's daughter." "I wanted Marja though she was poor." "Come away with me." "You'll get whatever you want." "Wait..." "I shall fetch you shortly." "You will grow old before your time in this wilderness." "Your hair will turn grey, your shoulders slump." "SOME WEEKS LATER" "We'll leave tomorrow." "Where to?" "The city." "Since you want it too." "I belong to another..." "Juha" "You are no more his than 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." "You are tired... sleep a moment." ""Marja, wait here." "Shemeikka."" "They have taken Marja..." "Unless she was taken away by force, the authorities can do nothing." "Let's go." "Where is Shemeikka?" "He's coming soon." "I am his sister." "His sister..." "Oh, I am glad." "You are so thin..." "How long will she last?" "You're from out of town, right?" "Why do you sit here in the dark?" "Come and let me introduce you." "I fear your friends." "Take me away from here." "Take away?" "You just arrived." "You're not enjoying yourself?" "The cruelest pain doesn't frighten me and without grief I can't live." "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"