Ruthless Times – Songs of Care

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Tiina Mollberg

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Marja Vaarama

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Jaana Pilvinen

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Väinö Lipponen

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Aino Lipponen

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Väinö Martikainen

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Eila Martikainen

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Maija Tirkkonen

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Helena Järvikylä

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Raili Kekäläinen

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Rosa Aaltonen

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Anna Heinonen

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Minna Lajoma

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Kirsi Parviainen

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Sepi Kumpulainen

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