Take some thriller flavour, add a dash of mystery andsprinkle with a pinch of realism, all set within Helsinki’schild welfare service, and you have the recipe forthis fiction series. Child welfare worker Rita Berg(46) returns to her unit in Helsinki after a 3-monthssuspension. Rita was responsible for a failed placementdecision when she gave Elli Saarni’s custody to heryoung father Akseli. Elli disappeared from her father’scompany, who then committed suicide. After 3 monthsthe search for Elli has been called off. In Helsinki Ritareturns to a changed child welfare unit. Her new bossis Jyrki Viherkangas (52), who has been recruited fromthe management of a youth detention centre. The newtrainee Laura Laakso (30) Jyrki assigns as Rita’s workpartner. Every day Rita and Laura are trying to makelife better for children in distress. Along the way Ritahas to face the dark memories of her own childhood,while Laura is trying to balance her job with family life.They work under extreme pressure, where one wrongdecision can lead to catastrophe. Each episode dealswith a different childcare unit case, but the landscapefor the whole series is set in Rita’s attempt to solve thecase of one missing child, Elli. In order to find out whatreally happened to Elli, Rita is forced to dive deeperinto her own consciousness. The series won The JurySpecial Prize Golden Nymph 2021.
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