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Anna (1970 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Anna' is a 1970 Finnish movie co-written by Jrn Donner and Eija-Elina Bergholm,'Women Screenwriters: An International Guide', edited by Jill Nelmes and Jule Selbo (2015), s.v. "Bergholm". and directed by Donner, featuring Harriet Andersson, Pertti Melasniemi and Marja Packaln. Filmed in Kustavi and Turku, Finland. There was controversy about the nudity in the film.'The Women's Companion to International Film', edited by Annette Kuhn and Susannah Radstone (1994), p. 40. It has been described as "perhaps [Donner's] most thoughtful film", and been listed among "the most important films made in Finland in the 1960s and 1970s".Jim Hillier, 'Cinema in Finland: An Introduction' (British Film Institute, 1975), p. 48.
Plot
Thirty-eight-year-old Anna Kivi (Harriet Andersson), a Finnish anesthesiologist at Turku University Hospital and divorce recently awarded a doctorate after her thesis, retreats to a summer studio on an island for the annual national summer holiday where she contemplates modern hardships and Northern European socialism.
References
Category:1970 films
Category:Finnish drama films
Category:Films directed by Jrn Donner
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