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Love Is a Treasure
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Amira Khalifa
Woman under bed
Minttu Mustakallio
Doctor / Woman
Marjaana Maijala
Nurse / Woman
Tommi Korpela
Nurse / Man
Marjaana Kuusniemi
Patient / Woman
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Love Is a Treasure is a 55-minute film about the world of women who have developed psychoses. It consists of five episodes each telling the story of one woman. The episodes are based research and interviews but the stories and dialogue are fiction, combinations of different elements. —The Cinematic Works of Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Release Date
2002-02-28
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