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On Hold

On Hold

2020•20m
Documentary

On the basis of anonymous telephone calls made to a helpline for teenagers, On Hold makes us hear a dissonant speech. Recounted here by older people, these testimonies are the occasion to question the construction of masculinity and its generational heritage. Between humour and dread, the film unveils what remains unsaid in a sick society.

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Aalto University

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FI

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Released

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Seppo Kotkanen

Hannu Luutonen

Topi Virtanen

Jukka Ukkonen

Vesku Santala

Rauno Koivunen

Risto Hartikainen

Anneli Koivunen

Kari Skogberg

Tuija von Konow

Markku Laine

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