Tuija Rantalainen is a singer­songwriter from Helsinki and in November she will release a new single and music video . The new song tells a story of an ordinary, homeless man and his dog. Last year Tuija spent some time in Paris and saw many homeless people with their dogs. The experience inspired her to create “Le Chien de Pont Neuf”.

Casting

The leading actor in Tuija’s video is ”Dakota”, a stray dog. The main male actor is Veini Nupponen. Also Tuija and her band’s musicians Timo Tuppurainen and
Juha Mäntylä perform on the video. Videos script was written by Tuija and Juha Sihtola will film and edit it.

Tuija Rantalainen

Tuija Rantalainen has released 4 albums and her songs can be heard in Radio Suomi and Swedens Sisuradio. Her genre is theatre music and storytelling and poor people are often the main characters in her songs. She makes music also for children.

Tuija needs funding to be able to cover all the costs for this new video. The money she
will get from YouTube will be donated for homeless people and organisation called Vailla Vakinaista Asuntoa ry.