DATELINE
The World’s Happiest
Country
TX 15/06/21
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EXT. FINNISH LANDSCAPE – DAY. A snowstorm punishes anything that stands against it. Buildings,
trees, people are reduced to faint outlines in the white. TEXT ON SCREEN: HELSINKI, FINLAND |
VO: Sorry Disneyland, this is the happiest place on
earth. VO: For the fourth year running, and in spite of COVID, Finland has been crowned number 1 on
the UN’s World Happiness Report. |
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INT. SAUNA – DAY A thin, pasty white MAN sweats alone in the hot room. He takes a ladle, fills it with water, and then pours it onto the hot
rocks in the centre of the sauna. TEXT ON SCREEN: The World’s Happiest Country Hareem, Josh, Johanna etc |
VO: It
seems kind of improbable… so has Finland, actually found
the key to lasting happiness? VO: Or is the
whole idea a steaming pile of… SFX: (13:10:29)*
*HISSSSSSS* as cold water hits hot rocks! |
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FRANK
TALK ABOUT HAPPINESS |
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It’s a clear day. We fly from
the sea to the coast, passing over white people swimming in what looks life
FREEZING WATER. |
WOMAN: SOT [subtitled] So you started to swim
(in cold water) this year in last winter? MAN: Yes // Na *Laughs*
VO: It’s spring-time in
Helsinki! 8 am, partly cloudy and just 10 degrees… Prime,
Finnish, swimming conditions. |
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EXT. LAKE – DAY –
CONTINUOUS People swim in the sea –
unfazed by the water temperature. |
OTHER WOMAN: So
lovely! MAN: So lovely warm! VO: A
freezing plunge is one of Finland’s two, favourite past-times. FRANK [THOUGHT TRACK]
When the sea is cold, it's kind
of in a way a meditative experience that you have to concentrate on your
breathing when you go in there, otherwise you would panic because of the cold
water. And then the other part is sauna, this tradition of sauna… |
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INT. SAUNA – LATER Frank cracks a beer. |
FRANK – VOX POP: In Finland there's five and a half
million people, and I've heard that there's almost three million
saunas, which means that it's
one sauna for every other Finnish citizen.
FRANK SOT: * Beer can opens!* VO: A philosophy professor, author and native Finn, Frank is also one of the world’s leading thinkers on happiness. |
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EXT. SAUNA – DAY - LATER The sauna is by the sea.
FRANK walks out and heads to a ladder by the water. He climbs down into the
freezing lake. SHRIEKS! Then gets out. FRANK gets changed into his
work clothes. Gets on a SCOOTER and scoots away! |
FRANK – IV: I think about my own happiness,
my answer to that is quite boring in a way, because I think the two key
factors in my happiness is family and work. My life becomes meaningful is when I feel that I'm
somehow meaningful to other people. VO: Though he
studies happiness, when Finland first topped the charts in 2018, it was a bit
of a shock FRANK: IV [THOUGHT TRACK] So the Finnish people, the reaction was quite kind of people are surprised and almost angry because they felt that this cannot be true, because I guess the Finnish self-image is basically that we're just kind of melancholic people. We listen to sad music, and hard rock and this kind of music. So happiness was not part of the Finnish self-image. |
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INT/EXT. FRANK’S OFFICE –
DAY – LATER FRANK walks us into his
office. Fusses with papers and then sits down for an IV. |
VO: The UN World Happiness Report ranks 149
countries according to their citizens levels of happiness.
FRANK – IV: With a few colleagues, we
started to go through the research trying to find answers…Nordic countries
tend to be countries where there's unemployment benefits, pensions, and other
benefits are quite on a quite good level. VO: But what makes Finland
stand out, is a unique, Finnish concept called Sisu.
ALT: VO: But Finland’s
secret weapon, may be a unique concept called Sisu.
FRANK IV: What makes the Finnish society special, it's this Finnish concept, Sisu. I guess Sisu could be defined as this perseverance in face of extreme obstacles The concept of Sisu comes from quite far back. And I guess it's really the very harsh natural conditions of Finland. So people are kind of accepting the bad thing faster and through that being able to then cope better with it. |
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EXT. LAKE – DAY – CONTINUOUS People swim in the sea –
unfazed by the water temperature. |
VO:
But According Frank, a cultural focus on perseverance, has re-shaped the way
Finns view happiness. FRANK IV: Finnish people
are not too obsessed with happiness. people don't shoot for the stars. They
are usually quite happy with quite kind of ordinary dreams in their life.
So, I guess that, in a way is Sisu in action? |
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AN AUSSIE IN FINLAND |
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MAYBE GFX??? REPORT RANKING |
VO: So how does
Australia compare in terms of happiness? VO: Well, in the
2021 report, Australia came in 11th. Still happy but a long way
from the top. VO: It begs the question, can Australia learn from Finland and be
happier? |
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A 30 something Australian Mum, MELISSA walks through
the forest with her son MILO. Both are rugged up against the cold. MILO uses a supple tree as a
slingshot firing a SEED from it. |
VO: That’s exactly what this expat,
Aussie Mum is finding out. MELISSA: SOT
I wonder what we're going to find today? MELISSA: IV [THOUGHT TRACK] For Finnish people the idea of happiness
is very different to an Australian’s idea of happiness. MELISSA: SOT: Wow, it looks like someone has started to build a cubby
house! MELISSA: IV [THOUGHT TRACK] For Finnish people happiness might mean
more of just a happiness with life. MILO: SOT Mummy what's that? VO: Originally
from Sydney, Melissa Giorgio moved to Finland 11 years ago with her Finnish
husband… MELISSA: SOT (0a1:06:24:21) Are
you making a sling shot? MILO: **Fires it - Laughs** VO: Initially, the plan was to spend two-years away from Oz, but then Melissa fell for Finland. MELISSA: IV [THOUGHT TRACK] One of
my favorite things about living here is whether you’re in a residential area
or in the middle of the city it’s easy to access nature. |
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EXT. MELISSA’S HOUSE – VERANDAH – DAY After their walk,
MELISSA and MILO sit on their back verandah, eating healthy snacks from a
small LUNCHBOX. HARD CUT TO: |
VO: While, Australians are driven by aspiration, Melissa feels Finns are
happy to settle for what they have. MELISSA: IV: The other thing I
really enjoy is Finnish people seem to be quite satisfied with the way things
are, and they don't seem to want more constantly. MELISSA: SOT: Okay do you think
you’ve had enough? Yeah you’re not hungry anymore
okay. MELISSA – IV: Also, nobody seems to care as much about status. So,
there's not as much hierarchy here than there is in, say, Australia. |
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INT/EXT. MELISSA’S CAR – LATER MELISSA, MAKKE and MILO take a drive. The
bland, unremarkable suburbs remain the same from one to the next. |
VO: The flaunting of status and
wealth is considered quite gauche in Finnish culture. MELISSA: VOX: One of the first things I noticed about being here was
that you’re not going to a dinner party or a BBQ and talking about real
estate. Nobody's asking about where you live, which suburb you live, where
your kid is going to school. It was quite refreshing
actually. |
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MELISSA and MILO sit on the floor playing a game of
MONOPOLY. Son enthusiastically takes mum to school. |
MELISSA: IV The whole country takes care of the raising
of children and
the system is set up so well. So, from birthing my son to bringing him up at
home and then sending him to day care and then onto school, every aspect of that
felt really well supported. VO: Finland provides all mothers to be with pre- and
post-natal health care, at no charge. |
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INT. MELISSA’S HOUSE – FOYER –
LATER Melissa dresses Milo in warm
clothes then sees him out the door. |
MELISSA: SOT:
Alright zip your self up. VO: Citizens also
receive some of Europe’s most gender-equal parental leave benefits. MELISSA: You
ready. *kiss* See you later! |
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SCHOOL IN FINLAND |
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An unremarkable building. A bell rings and we find a
class of YOUNG STUDENTS being instructed by a female TEACHER. As the class study, silently,
behind her, The Teacher takes a time out to talk to us. |
TEACHER: SOT [subtitled]
Good morning class. VO: Finland’s schools have sat
at the top of Europe’s rankings for more than a decade. TEACHER: SOT [subtitled]
Now, you have to think of a sentence with four
words. And all of the words should begin with the
letter “K.” VO: Primary, high school, and university are
free, mostly government run, and for young kids, learning is very different than
in Aussie classrooms. TEACHER: VOX [subtitled]
In Finland, children start school at the age of 7. In the Finnish curriculum, children are viewed as
active learners. They have the leading role in their learning process, they
can set their own learning goals and objectives. |
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THE TEACHER sets an interactive language task for
the KIDS. |
VO: Tiina
teaches grade two. As an educator, she’s part of an elite group. TEACHER: VOX [subtitled]
The job of a teacher in Finland is quite respected and in demand. Back when I
applied to a teaching programme, less than 10% of the applicants were
accepted by the university. The programme takes about 4-5years, graduating with the
degree of Master of Education. VO: The highly qualified, and highly-paid-teachers
are the backbone of a system that’s built on equality. |
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INT. SCHOOL CAFETERIA – LATER KIDS line up with trays, ready to get a free hot
meal. The school PRINCIPAL walks through the cafeteria. The principal stops to chat
with some kids. |
PRINCIPAL: VOX [subtitled] (03:28:04)
Basic education does not cost
anything for the child or their family. All textbooks are free, school meals
are free, if school is far away then the transport to school and back is also
free of charge. PRINCIPAL: SOT
[subtitled] (03:30:52) Is it tasty? Meatballs? Yum-yum! PRINCIPAL: VOX
[subtitled] Another
noteworthy aspect is that probably 99% of all schools here are local public
schools. There are hardly any private schools. The philosophy behind Finnish
education is to make every child blossom, regardless of their background and
helping them reach their full potential. |
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EXT. SCHOOL YARD – LATER THE KIDS rug up and head into the school yard to
play. |
VO: Part of that philosophy is letting kids
be kids. VO: Primary students get a 15 minute play
break every hour… So does the principal... PRINCIPAL: SOT Oops! Sorry. Sorry! VO: The school day is also one of the shortest in the world. TEACHER: SOT [subtitled]
See you tomorrow. Go on get going! VO: The younger grades spend just 20hrs a week at school, half the
time Australian kids do. |
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INT/EXT. SCHOOL DAY – LATER A BELL RINGS and the school day ends. The TEACHER helps
kids rug up and sends them home. |
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INT/EXT. SCHOOL DAY – LATER A group of KIDS walk off together, no parents pick
them up. |
TEACHER: [THOUGHT
TRACK] It’s a big deal here
that kids learn to become indepenaadent as they
start school. |
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WORK LIFE BALANCE |
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INT. ICE HOCKEY ARENA – RINK –
LATER Back with the Aussie family,
MAKKE takes a shot at goal, MILO blocks it. MELISSA skates and watches on. |
MAKKE:
SOT: Whoah! MELISSA; Well done! VO: Less time at
school means more time for play… And not just for the kids
MELISSA – IV: Work-life balance here is really nice.
In Finland it’s just a regular working day from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and the
culture seems to be that when work is over that’s it. MELISSA: SOT: Stop? I can’t stop. MELISSA – IV: And everybody appreciates that and just allows people to go home, be with
their families, nobody's expected to be working at all hours of the night. It’s old fashioned but in a really nice way. VO:
Melissa says she’s happier than ever, but that doesn’t mean life is always
easy. VO:
But has Finnish culture helped her coping skills? MELISSA: IV [THOUGHT TRACK] My expectations of life and
of what happiness is have definitely changed since
moving to Finland They have this concept of Sisu.
And it’s been really interesting to me to watch
Finnish people embody that and then learn from Finnish people to really work
on my own sisu. |
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INT. CAR – DAY – LATER The Family drives home from the
skate rink. It starts to snow. |
MAKKE: SOT: Oh look it’s
starting to snow. MELISSA: SOT: Wonderful, Finnish, spring weather. MELISSA: IV Because it's not always easy here. it's difficult at times to come to grips
with this weather, and so Sisu has really helped
me. |
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INT. SAUNA – DAY LATER Melissa pushes a wall at
the back of her bathroom to reveal a SAUNA. The whole family take a
load off in the steaming room. |
MELISSA: And I’ve got that sense of satisfaction rather than that need
to chase happiness all the time. VO: It’s easy to imagine couples like Melissa and Makke
wanting to grow old here. MAKKE: SOT: But, it's good to have a sauna after skating. MELISSA: SOT: *sighs* Yeah. |
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THE COST OF HAPPINESS |
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STRAWBERRY ICE-CREAM. |
LENA: SOT (08:16:000)
Hello!
CAFÉ WORKER: Small
portion. Just one ball, then? CAFÉ WORKER: Would
you like strawberry, chocolate or vanilla? LENA: Strawberry. CAFÉ WORKER: Strawberry. LENA: And it has to be the proper stuff, not lactose-free or anything,
it’s got to have cream and the works. CAFÉ WORKER: I’ll
make sure of that! |
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INT. CAFÉ – MORNING – MOMENTS LATER The waiter brings LENA’s ice cream – she hoes in
talking to us while she eats. |
LENA: VOX: I eat
ice cream every morning because when I was a child, we have
to eat our, porridge every morning. I decided I live by my own I will eat ice
cream every morning. And, uh, this habit has last now for 40 years. VO: 66-year-old lena believes Finland is a great place to get old. VO: For Lena, the freedom to be herself is important
because she isn’t your ordinary retiree. |
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EXT. PARK – DAY LENA flies down a hill on
a long SKATEBOARD. She’s padded up and ready to shred – a SKATING GRANNY. |
LENA: IV [THOUGHT TRACK] Skating is freedom. When I am skating. There
are no coaches. I am just doing what I want to do, and skating has increased
my creativity. LENA: SOT: WOO HOO! LENA: IV: A lot and my friends are cultural person
more or less, but they don't do skateboard. VO: Lena, bought her first skateboard at 63 and has been a
regular at Helsinki’s skate parks, ever since. |
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EXT. SKATE PARK – DAY LENA rolls up and down the
ramps. FIST BUMPING other skaters as she stops. |
LENA: VOX (01:08:53)– What has
surprised me that when I began came to skate park let’s say 4 years ago,
those kids they didn’t laugh at me. They just look at me. Oh wow. How old are
you? You are very welcome. May we teach you? LENA: SOT (01:01:15:00)*Drops in* Yeah! LENA: IV [THOUGHT TRACK] That's heaven. That's heaven
when I am skating with people of different ages because we have common
discipline skateboarding. Then you don't have any barriers at all. They are
the same tribe. |
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EXT. SKATE PARK – LATER LENA helps two YOUNG GIRLS
and some 30 SOMETHING women roll around the skate park. |
VO: Lena now runs skate LENA: SOT: Woo hoo! VO: She believes that mixing with skaters not only improves her Sisu, but shows off another
of Finland’s best traits. LENA: IV: In Finland we trust, and it is true…
(00:31:31): // We trust each other. For example, when I have forgotten my
backpack in a skate park, nobody didn't take it. When I trust in somebody or
in something then it is also the freedom to be yourself, you don't have to be
ashamed of you. VO: Lena is more than happy to grow old in Finland – but the cost of
happiness is worrying the nation’s leaders. |
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FILE FOOTAGE: Elderly people bombing
around Finland |
VO: Finland has one
of Europe’s most rapidly aging populations. VO: By 2070 its estimated that 1 in 3 Finns will be over 65 VO: With it’s generous pension scheme, and life expectancy sitting
at 82 - looking
after the elderly is about to be a big problem. |
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INT. PARLIAMENT OFFICES –
DAY Walking the corridors we find ANNIKA SAARIKKO |
VO: Government MP Annika Saariko is the former minister for science and culture. ANNIKA: IV:
Also the birth rate is very low nowadays. We need
more children here in Finland. |
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FILE FOOTAGE: Annika in
parliament |
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FILE FOOTAGE: Urbanisation and
Covid |
VO: Rapid, urbanisation and increasing
education levels are thought to have caused births to drop by 23 percent drop
in the last decade. VO: The government was working on plans to reverse the trend but then
Covid came. |
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RESUME: Annika in the
parliament offices. |
ANNIKA: IV: Who could even imagine that how much our life is going
to change when this pandemic came. I'm very grateful to the Finns because the restrictions which hasn't
been easy to live with them, they decided to live in a good way and
restrictions have been working.
VO: In comparison, Australia has
only managed two and a half percent. VO: Annika chalks up Finland’s success
to one key thing. ANNIKA: IV (04:51): I'm very proud that the
Finns, // they are trusting to the government so much. It's a great asset |
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EXT. INT / FRANKS. We see FINNISH citizens going
about their day to day and settle back in Professor Frank’s office. |
VO: A recent survey revealed that 9 in 10 Finns fully supported the
government’s COVID efforts. VO: Finland trusts its government more than most OECD countries. VO:
According to researchers that has a big impact on well-being. FRANK: IV:
Trust has been shown to be one of the factors that explains national
happiness levels. Here, government institutions are well functioning
and they are able to deliver what they are promising to deliver. Which means
that people have this feeling that the government is taking care of them and
they’re not so afraid of the so called downturns of
living. |
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RESUME: INT. PARLIAMENTARY
OFFICES – DAY RESUME: IV ANNIKA. |
VO: With COVID coming under control... where will the trusted
government go from here? ANNIKA: IV - The ageing is one of the biggest problems that we have and it is ours to solve together. We are welfare society. It is
important that every citizen thinks that my life important and the
politicians are also, they want to take care of me so that they can trust the
future. |
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INT / EXT. VAN – FORREST ROAD – DUSK TWO MEN in a PANEL VAN drive along a wet,
dark road. Ominous. Their destination is a mystery. |
VO: But in
the happiest country on earth, there are a growing number of Finns the
government isn't taking care of.
VO: As dusk falls on Helsinki, two men are
trying to find them. PASSENGER: SOT: (01:30:03) Yes it could be this |
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AD BREAK |
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THE
FORGOTTEN FINS |
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INT / EXT. VAN – FORREST ROAD – DUSK Two men drive along a wet, dark road. After
a few turns they wind up in a forest clearing. |
DRIVER: SOT [subtitled] It has to be here… there are tire marks.
This must be the place.
PASSENGER: SOT [subtitled] (Yes it
could be this. VO: But it’s no utopia, and
tonight these men are searching for Finn’s who’ve fallen through the cracks |
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EXT. HIKING TRACK – DUSK The two men are from No Fixed Abode – an NGO
helping the homeless. They start to sweep the area. |
VO: Vesa and Tumos work with No Fixed Abode, a charity providing
first-aid, food and support to those sleeping rough in Helsinki TUMOS: SOT: I’ll go check the
bush. VO: Locals
have reported seeing a group of young people sleeping in this park in below
freezing conditions SOT: VO: In a country where winter temperatures drop below
minus 20, homelessness can be deadly. TUMOS: SOT [subtitled] (01:31:43)
You go that way, I'll go this way. VESA: SOT [subtitled] (01:35:38) A strange place… We could meet a bear here. VO: There are signs people have stayed here… but they’ve
moved on. SOT: |
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INT/EXT. VAN - LATER |
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INT. TRAIN STATION – NIGHT – LATER We follow VESA and TUMOS into the station. |
VO: On an average evening,
they’ll find dozens across Helsinki needing emergency help. HOMELESS MAN: SOT [subtitled] (02:00:00) Hiya. TUMOS: SOT: We’re from the NGO No Fixed Abode. VO: Despite Finland’s famed
welfare system, in the last decade, homelessness has been rising in one, key
group… |
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EXT/INT. NUOLI SHELTER – DAY. A 30 something lady ROBIN – changes the
sheets on a bed in a spartan DORM ROOM. |
VO: Young people under 30. VO: (SET UP SHELTER
HERE IN VO) ROBIN: VOX [subtitled] At the moment, we
have 20 beds. Most nights we are completely full. The only criterion is that you have to be under 30, VO: Robin is a Youth Leader at Nuoli House,
a shelter for under 30’s. ROBIN – IV: Here, they can get food, help and someone to talk to, and
peer support. VO: The shelter is
run on private donations and receives some, state aid. VO: Even before COVID, Nuoli was under
increasing stress. |
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INT. NUOLI HOUSE – HALLS – LATER ROBIN gives a tour of the modest but
colourful space. FINNISH SIGNS announce various programs
including one to vaccinate residents against COVID. |
ROBIN: VOX [subtitled] These food deliveries
are really important for us, because almost all of
the young people arrive here really hungry. ROBIN: IV [subtitled] Nearly all of the homeless youth on the street have a background of
substance abuse, substance abuse that has commenced already when they were
quite young. We don’t have adequate treatments for substance abuse for the
young VO: Substance abuse disorders affect 4 % of the Finnish population
nearly double the rate of the rest of the EU. |
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INT/EXT. ADULT SHELTER – DAY A 30 something homeless man
, JUSSI, walks into the shelter from the cold. The lobby looks like it could be a
Backpackers Hostel. |
JUSSI – IV: [subtitled] I’ve been homeless for
about… four years now. I came to the metropolitan region for rehab. I’m from
Northern Finland. I dropped out of rehab and ended up on the streets… |
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INT/EXT. ADULT SHELTER – LATER JUSSI, helps himself to the free FRUIT,
PASTRIES and COFFEE on offer. He takes a seat in the dining area. Looks
outside. Watches the day go by. |
JUSSI: SOT (04:26:01:13)
Hai! VO After Jussi aged out of the youth Shelter, this place saved his
life. JUSSI – IV: [subtitled]
I didn’t have anywhere else to go. In winter especially, nobody would manage
without services like this. VO: And yet, over the last decade, government
spending on emergency shelters and substance abuse programs has slowed. |
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EXT. HELSINKI – SKYLINE – DAY.
A short sequence, shows rampant construction going on all
over Helsinki. |
SOT:
*Construction Noise* |
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INT. PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES –
DAY We return to Minister ANNIKA SAARIKO for her response to Robin’s
case. |
VO: But with youth homelessness
rising, Finland may need to
re-finance emergency shelters and other social support programs. ANNIKA: IV (25:21) it's
important to realize that we can't lose anybody. They need education, they
need workplaces and they need hope, (26:29): And that's why we want to
put more effort to the mental health services, because we think that youth
they really need them now. |
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RESUME - EXT. ADULT SHELTER – LATER JUSSI thinks over a COFFEE. |
VO: Until there is systemic change, many homeless must
rely on non-government services and Sisu to help
them survive. JUSSI – IV: [subtitled] 04:24:02 Well, in my opinion, the lifestyle
I’ve had for these past years, wouldn’t even be possible in many places.
(04:24:20) In a way, yes, I’m happy that I live in Finland. (04:24:29) I
wouldn’t have survived elsewhere… without this kind of help and support
that’s available here. |
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THE PRESSURE TO BE HAPPY |
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DRONE – FINLAND COUNTRYSIDE The country looks warmer compared to the
bleak scenes we’ve just witnessed. |
VO: In spite of
issues like homelessness, Finland remains at the top of the world happiness
chart. VO: But is being number one, actually hurting Finland? |
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EXT. CABIN – DAY MELISAA, MAKKE and MILO meet up with Makke’s
elderly PARENTS. GRANDMA gives Milo a big hug. |
GRANDMA - SOT: MMMMM Hi! making people
anxious |
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INT. CABIN - DAY The family gather at a small table, eating
HOT DOGS for lunch. |
GRANDMA: SOT: Whoah! Chilli! MELISSA – IV: Sometimes
it's really difficult because my culture is to complain and, I guess not so
much complain but say things like they are and I find that Finnish people
don't tend to complain so much, or rock the boat, or upset the status quo.
So, that was really difficult at times for me
because I felt like I was being ungrateful and not fitting in. |
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EXT. CABIN – DAY - LATER MILO plays Finnish bowls with his GRANDMA. |
VO: Some mental health advocates feel that the happiness report
pressures unhappy citizens to hide their distress...
MILO: SOT: Yes!!! SOT: Bowls smash over. |
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EXT. CABIN – DAY MILO and his GRANDFATHER burn off lunch by
grabbing FIREWOOD and bringing it back to the cabin. |
VO: But others argue, Finns hiding
their feelings is nothing new. VO: But others argue, that being less
demonstrative might actually be helpful. FRANK [THOUGHT TRACK] (00:43:43): So
in Finland there's this saying, the one who has happiness should hide it… |
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INT. FRANK’S OFFICE – DAY Professor Frank weighs in. |
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CONCLUSION |
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MONTAGE: (1)
DRONE: of Sunny Finland. (2)
SLO MO: Lena sitting in
skatepark. (3)
FINNISH PEOPLE walking
sunny streets. (4)
In the SUBWAY a
HOMELESSMAN walks away. (5)
MINISTER SAARIKO talks to camer. (6)
SLO MO: FRANK walks down a
dock then jumps into the COLD SEA. (7)
FRANK sits in the SAUNA. |
ANNIKA: IV:
The dream which Finland
has had is that everybody belongs, that this society we have built it for
everybody. And if somebody feels that this is not for me, that's our biggest
problem. VO: We can learn from the uniquely Finish
concept of Sisu - which celebrates
resilience and grit. FRANK IV: it's not about jumping with joy, or smiling
and laughing, but it's more about that when you contemplate on your life, you
think that, "Well, after all, everything is quite good." VO: And we can strive to be more
accepting and be stoked to be alive. LENA: IV: When we were selected to be the most happiest country in the world, then I thought
"oh that's bullshit". But now I agree, we are a happy country. |
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VO Next Week… Dateline
visits a remote island in New Zealand known as a haven for off-grid living.
But has this way of life become a victim of its growing popularity VO: And up next, The Feed **** |
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