On Hold
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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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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- Release date
- Apr 20, 2020
- Runtime
- 0h 20m
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- Language
- Finnish
- Country
- Finland
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