The Debtors

Timonen Maija

In the film inspired by Brecht's Exile Dialogues, two women meet in a restaurant at Helsinki railway station. Stuck repeating the same borrowed sentences while gambling, the women lend a premise for the excavation of the history inscribed in the space.

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Production Year

2008

Duration

00:16:18

Type

Single channel

Genre

experimental

Tags

dialogue, gambling games, personal narrative, repetition, urban landscape, women

Original Title

The Debtors

Finnish Title

The Debtors

English Title

The Debtors

Production Countries

Finland,United Kingdom

Dialogue

Yes

Aspect Ratio

16:9

Sound

Yes

Cast

Pentti Pällijeff (Cinematographer), Maija Timonen (Author), Maija Timonen (Director), Maija Timonen (Producer), Henri Lindroos (Actor), Helka-Maria Kinnunen (Actor), Lisa Rosendahl (Actor), Emma Nilsson (Actor), Jen Mitas (Actor), Teemu Koivisto (Camera Assistant), Benedict Seymour (Sound Recording), Toni Sahla (Sound Recording)

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