Two Pills A Day

Episode #7 of the documentary series Family Stories Untold.

Original title: TVÅ PILLER OM DAGEN
Genre: Documentary
Year of Production: 2023
Country of Production: Finland
Duration of the film: 12 min.

Lisbeth's children have forced her to move to a retirement home in the suburbs. Her flat was sold, she got some cash from the sale, and can buy extra services at the retirement home. Life there doesn't however bring her joy, as she feels she has lost the power to decide for herself. She tells what she can still do, once things get so bad, that she's unable care for her own hygiene.

CREDITS

DIRECTOR
Catarina Diehl

SCREENWRITER
Catarina Diehl

PRODUCER
Tommi Seitajoki

CAST
Lilga Kovanko

CREW
Director of Photography - Tommi Seitajoki
Editor - Tommi Seitajoki
Sound - Pontus Borg

INTERNATIONAL SALES
Impressio Films

FINANCED BY
The Finnish Film Foundation
YLE
AVEK
Svenska kulturfonden
Konstsamfundet

Poster for the film 'Family Stories Unfold' featuring a collage of buildings with various characters looking out windows, set against a dark background with swirling art elements.

A woman with short, curly gray hair and a neutral expression, sitting in front of a black background with whimsical, swirling white line art. To her left is a small, framed black-and-white photo of a young girl holding a doll, and to her right is a vintage cutout of a girl with curly hair, wearing a white dress and hat.

A woman in a pink robe sitting in a chair, holding a lit cigarette, with a small table next to her. Behind her is a large drawing of a cityscape with cartoonish figures, a clock tower, and other buildings. Above the cityscape drawings, there are painted images of a bright yellow sun with orange rays and a blue cloud moving across it.

A woman with curly gray hair and glasses, wearing a pink jacket, sitting on a bed and reading a crossword puzzle sheet, with a wall decorated with framed pictures and drawings behind her.

Two children dressed with colorful, Halloween-themed masks, standing in front of a whiteboard at night.