Juha (1999 film)

Juha is a 1999 Finnish film written, directed, produced and edited by Aki Kaurismäki.

The film is loosely based on a famous 1911 novel Juha by the Finnish author Juhani Aho marking this as the fourth time the novel was adapted for the screen.

Marja (Kati Outinen) is a simple peasant woman married to her older husband Juha (Sakari Kuosmanen).

Marja's world is turned upside down when Shemeikka (André Wilms) comes to the happily married couple asking them for help with his broken down sports convertible and a place to spend the night.

A hesitant Marja does not want to leave her husband at first but ultimately gives in to temptation after dreaming of a wonderful new life in a big city.