Ruthless Times – Songs of Care (2022)

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.

Producers	Road Movies
Original title	Armotonta menoa – Hoivatyön lauluja
Directors	Susanna Helke
Writers	Susanna Helke, Markku Heikkinen

Cast

Tiina Mollberg

as Self

Marja Vaarama

as Self

Jaana Pilvinen

as Self

Väinö Lipponen

as Self

Aino Lipponen

as Self

Väinö Martikainen

as Self

Eila Martikainen

as Self

Maija Tirkkonen

as Self

Helena Järvikylä

as Self

Raili Kekäläinen

as Self

Rosa Aaltonen

as Care worker (voice)

Anna Heinonen

as Care worker (voice)

Minna Lajoma

as Care worker (voice)

Kirsi Parviainen

as Care worker (voice)

Sepi Kumpulainen

as Self