Ruthless Times – Songs of Care
“What you can't talk about, you have to sing”
2022•S•1h 32m•6.0•Released
DocumentaryMusic
A choir of tired nurses sing to Anna-Mari Kähärä’s hypnotic tunes about the truths of everyday nursing work in a musical documentary directed by Susanna Helke and co-scripted by Helke and Markku Heikkinen. DocPoint’s opening film is new in its format, and jolting in its message. It is a cinematic-musical work of activism, calling for more humane work, life and old age.
Director
Susanna Helke
Writer
Markku Heikkinen, Susanna Helke
Languages
English, Finnish
Studio
Road Movies
Cast
Tiina Mollberg
Self
Marja Vaarama
Self
Jaana Pilvinen
Self
Väinö Lipponen
Self
Aino Lipponen
Self
Väinö Martikainen
Self
Eila Martikainen
Self
Maija Tirkkonen
Self
Helena Järvikylä
Self
Raili Kekäläinen
Self
Rosa Aaltonen
Care worker (voice)
Anna Heinonen
Care worker (voice)
Minna Lajoma
Care worker (voice)
Kirsi Parviainen
Care worker (voice)
Sepi Kumpulainen
Self
Production
Company
Road Movies
Producer
Timo Korhonen
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