Movie: Ruthless Times – Songs of Care

Top 10 Billed Cast

Tiina Mollberg
Tiina Mollberg

Self

Marja Vaarama
Marja Vaarama

Self

Jaana Pilvinen
Jaana Pilvinen

Self

Väinö Lipponen
Väinö Lipponen

Self

Aino Lipponen
Aino Lipponen

Self

Väinö Martikainen
Väinö Martikainen

Self

Eila Martikainen
Eila Martikainen

Self

Maija Tirkkonen
Maija Tirkkonen

Self

Helena Järvikylä
Helena Järvikylä

Self

Raili Kekäläinen
Raili Kekäläinen

Self

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2022-04-08

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    What you can't talk about, you have to sing

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  • Languages:

    Englishsuomi
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