Helping Mihaela

Helping Mihaela

96 mins | Documentary | Sept. 22, 2011

A Roma beggar on his knees raises many extreme emotions: guilt, rage, sympathy and frustration. Most people just walk on by, but there is always someone willing to help. In this film, the director follows the confrontations between the Roma beggars from Romania and Finnish people, and is forced to question, over and over again, her own ideas about helping.

Helping Mihaela

96 mins | Documentary | Sept. 22, 2011

Helping Mihaela
A Roma beggar on his knees raises many extreme emotions: guilt, rage, sympathy and frustration. Most people just walk on by, but there is always someone willing to help. In this film, the director follows the confrontations between the Roma beggars from Romania and Finnish people, and is forced to question, over and over again, her own ideas about helping.
Producers Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, Yle, Avanton Productions Oy, The Church Media Foundation Finland
Original title Kerjäläiselokuva
Directors Hanna Maylett
Writers Hanna Maylett

Cast

Hanna Maylett

as Herself, narrator

Mihaela Stoica

as Herself

Pirjo Hongisto

as Herself

Virginia Moldovan

as Herself, Mihaela Stoica's grandmother

Zobar Moldovan

as Himself, Virginia Moldovan's nephew

Marjatta Vesalainen

as Herself, bachelor of social services