RUTHLESS TIMES: SONGS OF CARE
synopsis
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.
| international title: | Ruthless Times: Songs of Care |
| original title: | Armotonta menoa – Hoivatyön lauluja |
| working title: | Carers |
| country: | Finland |
| year: | 2022 |
| genre: | documentary |
| directed by: | Susanna Helke |
| film run: | 92' |
| screenplay: | Markku Heikkinen, Susanna Helke |
| cinematography by: | Sari Aaltonen |
| film editing: | Markus Leppälä, Inka Lahti, Samu Kuukka |
| music: | Anna-Mari Kähärä |
| producer: | Timo Korhonen |
| production: | Road Movies Oy |
| backing: | Finnish Film Foundation |
