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The Caregiver
Aino, a broke-ass mental health nurse who hates the rich, falls in love with one of the patients, wealthy investment consultant Mikael, Aino has to learn that to be loved you have to dare to reveal yourself with all your craziness.
Aino (38), a broke-ass mental health nurse who hates the rich, life takes a new turn when a new patient Mikael (40), an investment advisor, arrives at the mental hospital. Mikael had a nervous breakdown during the economic downturn, ran away from his wedding, jumped off the roof, and saw no point in life. Fortunately, the house was a single story, he had a lot of money anyway, and he didn't even love his ex-fiancée Erin (25). Aino´s daughter Jade (16) wants to apply to an expensive ballet school and threatens to sell her virginity if she doesn't get money for her studies. Against all odds, Aino wins 2700 euros in the lottery and now she needs to make her winnings grow. When an old friend invites Mikael to his extravagant couple´s party Mikael suggests that he could teach Aino to invest and Aino to play his girlfriend. Everything goes well when Mikael guides Aino to the wonderful world of money until then they discover that they are helplessly in love with each other.
Keywords: social welfare, mental health, love
Director's note:
I grew up in a small village in Lapland where half of the residents were mental hospital patients and half were their caregivers and you didn’t always notice the difference in who is who. And does it matter, as far as humanity is concerned? My mother who was a nurse, said that she enjoyed being with mental health patients because they no longer play silly social games. By choosing romantic drama-comedy as the genre, I intend to bring people together, make people laugh together, and share their burdens. My biggest passion is connecting people with my art. To make us understand each other better. I see this film as a universal story for a wider audience with artistic high quality. I see the humour in the image and sound, in addition to the situational comedy of the scene, in the use of colours and composition. Mental health and financial problems can all be “serious”, but I believe that it is easier to face these issues with the power of a warm and comical approach.
Awarded director Miia Tervo grew up by the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland. Her first short films went worldwide including IDFA, and Torino and one received an EFA nomination. Tervo's debut feature film Aurora (2019) was a critical success and had a world premiere as the opening film in Gothenburg, (SXSW) it had its US premiere, and in Edinburgh, it won the Best International Feature. In the Finnish Oscars/ Jussi Awards it won eight awards. Her second feature The Missile (2024) is now on its world tour.
Aurora (2019) Tottumiskysymys (2019, co-dir) Ohjus (The Missile, 2024)
Marko Talli is currently running Yellow Film's feature films department and has produced over twenty titles during the last seven years. Recent credits range from feature films such as the children’s film trilogy SUPER FURBALL (2018-2025) screened in PÖFF and THE RAGGED LIFE OF JUICE LESKINEN (2018), won three Jussi Awards. He also produced the acclaimed feature documentary THE HAPPY WORKER (2022) for ARTE. He is best known as the producer of M/S ROMANTIC (2019) which won four Venla Awards.
Selected filmography by Marko Talli for YELLOW FILM & TV Feature fictions: 2025 Super Furball and The Lying Squirrel (dir. Joona Tena) 2025 Sudden Outbursts of Emotions (dir. Paula Korva) 2024 My Name is Dingo (dir. Mari Rantasila) 2023 Making Movies According to Spede (dir. Aleksi Delikouras) 2022 Lapland Odyssey 4 (dir. Juha Wuolijoki) 2022 Bury Me Deep in Love (dir. Kari Ketonen) 2022 Super Furball Saves the Future (dir. Joona Tena) 2022 Fitness the Witness (dir. Aleksi Delikouras) 2021 Nurses – Emergency (dir. Toni Laine) 2021 The Potato Venture (dir. Joona Tena) 2018 The Ragged Life of Juice (dir. Teppo Airaksinen) 2018 Super Furball (dir. Joona Tena) 2017 95 (dir. Aleksi Mäkelä) Drama Series: 2023 Forgiven (dir. Antti Heikki Pesonen) 2012-2023 Roba 2015-2019 Downshifters Comedy Series: 2009 Moist Toast (dir. Jani Volanen) 2005-2011 Jopet-Show
About: Yellow Film & TV is the largest independent production company in the Nordics with a passion for captivating stories in scripted movies and non-scripted content. Marko Talli is currently running the feature films department and has produced over twenty titles during the last seven years. Filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1138327/