The Idle Ones

The Idle Ones

2001
1h 18m
5.9

5.9/10

7 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary
Overview

The Idle Ones is a profile of contemporary affairs - somewhere on the edge of Europe - in a place where unemployment for some young people is fast becoming a way of life. Covering a period of 18 months, the film follows the activities of a group of young men in their 20s who have finished their schooling and stayed in their home village - they loaf about unemployed since they can´t find any work in the remote district. The main characters are more or less idle young fellows whose stories link together and make up the film. Tinged with humour, The Idle Ones is a story about frustrated but vital young people in a period of transition, waiting for something to happen. For some, the waiting is becoming their life.

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Language: FI

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Production Information

Production Companies
YLE Kinotar
Production Countries
Finland
Spoken Languages
Finnish

Keywords

outcast unemployment woman director

Quick Facts

Original Title Joutilaat
Release Date November 2, 2001
Status Released
Language FI
IMDb ID tt0301485
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Cast

Key Crew

Susanna Helke
Director
Virpi Suutari
Director
Virpi Suutari
Writer
Susanna Helke
Writer
Lasse Saarinen
Executive Producer