‘Don’t smile – as soon as you’re happy, life will hit back at you at the next turn’: Young people, neo-liberalism and the culture of cruelty in Headfirst

: Römpötti, Tommi

Publisher: Intellect Ltd.

: 2024

: Journal of Scandinavian Cinema

: 14

: 1

: 57

: 67

: 2042-7891

: 2042-7905

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/jsca_00111_1

: https://doi.org/10.1386/jsca_00111_1

This article considers the Finnish drama comedy Päin seinää (Headfirst) (2014) as a work of neo-liberal pedagogy that represents human waste management and the culture of cruelty as normal and routine, denying marginalized young people the possibility of a better future.