Overview
Love Is a Treasure is a 55-minute film about the world of women who have developed psychoses. It consists of five episodes each telling the story of one woman. The episodes are based research and interviews but the stories and dialogue are fiction, combinations of different elements. —The Cinematic Works of Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Director and cast
- Eija-Liisa Ahtila Director
- Heikki Putro as Veterinarian
- Minna Pehkonen as Assistant
- Amira Khalifa as Woman under bed
- Minttu Mustakallio as Doctor / Woman
- Marjaana Maijala as Nurse / Woman
- Tommi Korpela as Nurse / Man
- Sesa Lehto as Nurse / Mr. Wallach
- Ullariikka Koskela as Patient / Woman
- Marjaana Kuusniemi as Patient / Woman
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