‘You Crazy Thing’ Director Miia Tervo Proves That Everyone Deserves to Be Seen – and That Perfection Is Boring (EXCLUSIVE)

Finnish director Miia Tervo didn’t have to look far for the inspiration for her third feature “You Crazy Thing,” about Aino, a mental health nurse who’s preparing a performance with her patients for a talent competition. “My mother worked in a mental hospital for 37 years. We lived in a small village in Lapland, and […] Finnish director Mira Tervo follows 'Aurora' and 'The Missile' with ‘You Crazy Thing’ and pays homage to her own mother. Her third feature, starring Pihla Viitala and Adam Pålsson, debuts first-look stills Finnish director Miia Tervo didn’t have to look far for the inspiration for her third feature “You Crazy Thing,” about Aino, a mental health nurse who’s preparing a performance with her patients for a talent competition.

“My mother worked in a mental hospital for 37 years. We lived in a small village in Lapland, and there was only this hospital – and the forest. There was a joke that the only thing separating the nurses from the patients were the keys,” she told Variety. “We live in a class-based society, and I could see that my mum wasn’t appreciated for her work. It felt like nobody could see her. But when people were in need, when