37/44
Therefore, my expectations from this version were low
Plot
Seventeen-year-old Maya marries Janna, a fisherman, against her will. Her life on Stormskeret is full of trials and failures. As a fisherman’s wife, she must take care of herself and her family when her husband is at sea. The TV series about this story was released in 1975 and became a masterpiece.
How wrong I was!
They said that this is modern Maya for our time. Maybe they will change the whole story? One part of the film in the middle could have been shortened a little, but the rest of the film was perfect. Mine here was completely different than 49 years ago.
She was also more playful
She was stronger and happier, and she had a better sense of humor. I don’t know what kind of woman the real Maya was (yes, there was a real Maya and a real Janne!), but I think she must have been very similar to this Maya. The actors who played Maya and Yanna were perfect. Some key walls in this version were very different from the 1975 version, but they were no less touching.
They could not do this in 1975
One of the most touching episodes of the 1975 version was actually longer and more detailed and left a bigger impression on me. Director Tiina Leamy added details that were literally amazing, but they added to the beauty of the film. In one scene, I really wondered what the hell the director was thinking. This scene was one of the strongest in the entire film, so Limmy knew what she was doing!
The budget probably wouldn’t allow it
Any walls that were excluded from this new version, in my opinion, did not damage the story. The incidents that moved me the most in 1977, when I watched the series, were all in this version – different, but still very strong.
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