Movie with researchers: Prinsessa (Princess)

Prinsessa (Princess, 2010) is a Finnish drama film directed by Arto Halonen that quickly became a box-office success after its premiere. The film is based on the true story of Anna Lappalainen, a woman who lived at the Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital and was known as the “Princess of Kellokoski,” and it portrays her extraordinary life and inner world.

Watch the film trailer (YouTube).

Petteri Pietikäinen is a historian and Professor of the History of Ideas and Learning at the University of Oulu. He specializes in the history of mental health, psychiatry, and so-called deviance, as well as in how the human sciences have been intertwined with social control and social thought. What has been the status and treatment of patients in Finnish mental hospitals at different times?

Duration of the event: film 1 hr 44 min + discussion 40 min. The film is rated for ages 12 and up.

The film is in Finnish with English subtitles, and the language of the discussion is Finnish.

Free tickets for the screening can be reserved on the Star Cinema website three weeks before the screening. Reservations require logging in/registration to the cinema's ticket reservation system (registration and privacy policy). The film evening is offered by the University of Oulu.

Reserved tickets must be redeemed 15 minutes before the screening starts.

More information: viestinta@oulu.fi