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2025

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Drama

Overview

Three quiet workers journey through empty everyday paths towards the crossroads of life. A story about faces without dialogue. People who are disturbed by the emptiness of work. How does work become meaningful and a reflection of its creator?

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9 featured cast members

Starring

Kaarle Toivanen

Kaarle Toivanen

Office clerk

Kari PJ Ketonen

Kari PJ Ketonen

Warehouse worker

Tuure Ollila

Tuure Ollila

Pizza boy

Timo Lappeteläinen

Warehouse Manager

Aki Rumbin

Office Manager

Frits Soetmann

Frits Soetmann

Businessman

Ismo Alanko

Ismo Alanko

Bar pianist

Nanna Tervonen

Pizzeria employee #1

Ben Parkkinen

Pizzeria employee #2

Creative team

Directed by: Aatos Äijö
Written by: Aatos Äijö

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