Quote from: post-morten on March 12, 2024, 12:35:05 AMFinnish director Rauni Mollberg is not so much extreme, but very poignant in his naturalistic portrayal of life in traditional rural communities under a heavy influence from religion/church. "The Earth is a Sinful Song" features hypocrite clergymen taking advantage of repenting female members of the parish.
I was about to post this and would label it under extreme cinema. It's all about abuse, alcoholism and suicide. There's also lots of animal violence right from the start and it's probably off-putting for many. Also kind of odd from todays perspective that this was a huge hit in the seventies. Gelsomina named one track based on this film. I had not seen it at the time, but thought this must be something important due to PPT's impeccable taste in films and art. And indeed it was.
