Tuula's husband Jukka takes care of all domestic chores. Tuula seems to have no idea that her husband spends his evenings working as a major league ice hockey referee. She also finds out about his extra-marital affair with a female rally driver. In revenge, Tuula starts seeing her gynecologist Timo Paasi, a married man with six children.
Acting
Ritva Vepsä's deadpan vengeance is perfection.
Direction
Donner directing himself as the gynecologist lover? Unhinged choice.
Director
Jörn Donner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Finland's sexual revolution, this scandalized conservative audiences while critics debated if it was feminist or exploitative.
Director Jörn Donner cast himself as the gynecologist and later became a European Parliament member—peak Nordic multihyphenate energy.
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