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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Susanna Helke Director · Virpi Suutari Director
First release November 2, 2001 · Produced in Finland · Production Kinotar, Arte
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Kinotar
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Arte
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Original title
Joutilaat
Original language
Finnish
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Finnish
Release dates
Finland · November 2, 2001
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No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
April 10, 2003 · One World Film Festival
Greece
March 5, 2002 · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
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