Unexpected Journey
5.7
2017
1 hr 18 min
Drama
, Comedy
Lasse is an old racist who has lives in an apartment block filled with a selection of refugees and immigrants. Kamal is a 16-year old boy who's fed up in his life in Finland, and dreams of moving to Nairobi to live with his father. Only problem is that he doesn't have the money to buy the ticket.
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- Cast:
- Heikki Nousiainen , Mikko Nousiainen , Saga Sarkola , Mazdak Nassir , Iikka Forss , Marjaana Maijala , Sami Huhtala
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Good concept, poorly executed.
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It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
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