Black on White (Finnish: Mustaa valkoisella) is a 1968 Finnish drama film directed by Jörn Donner. The film stars Donner himself as a refrigerator salesman named Juha Holm who starts an affair with a young female hitchhiker named Maria (played by Kristiina Halkola).
| Black on White | |
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 Original Finnish film poster | |
| Directed by | Jörn Donner |
| Written by | Jörn Donner |
| Produced by | Arno Carlstedt, Jörn Donner |
| Starring | Kristiina Halkola, Liisamaija Laaksonen, Jörn Donner, Jukka Virtanen, Lasse Mårtenson |
| Cinematography | Esko Nevalainen |
| Edited by | Jörn Donner |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
The film was very controversial for its sex scenes, at the time the most daring in Finnish film history. According to film historian Peter von Bagh "[t]he arena of conflict here, as in Donner's subsequent films, is the bed, wheresoever it might be. The point of departure is a family portrait: an ideal image of happiness, a miniature of affluent Finland. The protagonist borders on burnout, and the camera follows the drama of the other disintegrating characters and relationships as if in a laboratory experiment."[1]
References
edit- ^ von Bagh, Peter (2000). Drifting Shadows: A Guide to the Finnish Cinema. Otava. p. 74. ISBN 9789511163015.
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