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Helping Mihaela (2011)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 36M

Director : Hanna Maylett
Writer : Hanna Maylett

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Hanna Maylett
Hanna Maylett
Herself, narrator
Mihaela Stoica
Mihaela Stoica
Herself
Pirjo Hongisto
Pirjo Hongisto
Herself
Virginia Moldovan
Virginia Moldovan
Herself, Mihaela Stoica's grandmother
Zobar Moldovan
Zobar Moldovan
Himself, Virginia Moldovan's nephew
Marjatta Vesalainen
Marjatta Vesalainen
Herself, bachelor of social services

Crews

Hanna Maylett
Hanna Maylett
Director
Jyri Hakala
Jyri Hakala
Camera Operator
Janne Laine
Janne Laine
Sound Editor
Janne Laine
Janne Laine
Sound Mixer
Sanna Salmenkallio
Sanna Salmenkallio
Music
Mina Laamo
Mina Laamo
Production Director
Hanna Maylett
Hanna Maylett
Screenplay
Tuula Mehtonen
Tuula Mehtonen
Editor
Hanna Maylett
Hanna Maylett
Sound Recordist
Maria Leskinen
Maria Leskinen
Production Assistant
Sonja Lindén
Sonja Lindén
Producer

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