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. The 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.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 32 min.
- Country, year
- Finland, 2022
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- Finnish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N-7
Credits
- Director
- Susanna Helke
- Screenplay
- Markku Heikkinen, Susanna Helke
- Producers
- Timo Korhonen
- Cinematography
- Sari Aaltonen
- Music
- Anna-Mari Kähärä
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Best Film (National Competition) · Audience Award
- Main Prize for a Film Over 30 Minutes
Director
Susanna Helke
Susanna Helke is an Award-winning documentary film director and screenwriter, film theorist, Doctor of Arts and an associate professor at Aalto University. Helke’s films have been featured at numerous festivals around the world. Her solo directorial efforts include the short documentary Playground (2010) as well as American Vagabond (2013). Helke began her filmmaking career by co-directing with Virpi Suutari.
