Movie Drama
Bahman, Mahtab, Ramin and Donya Mehdipour are enjoying a perfect summer in a small Finnish town. Their routines are fractured by a negative decision on their application for asylum by the Finnish Immigration Service. But life must go on and the 13-year-old Ramin is about to enter an entirely new school, junior high. The Mehdipours use their last chance to appeal but continue their everyday lives, fuelled by their exceptionally positive outlook and attitude.
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Shahab Hosseini Shabnam Gorbani Aran-Sina Keshvari Kimya Eskandari Laura Birn Vilho Rönkkönen Kristiina Halkola Eero Melasniemi Lumi Barrois Henry Hanikka Fatima Usman Helen Kesete Niilo Airas Daniel Safi Anniina Mäkelä Tinka Kyrönseppä Jyrki Nousiainen Pezhman Escandari Pasi Kuivalainen Jaakko Kiljunen Eeva Karoliina Mäenpää Toni Airas Adela Hajda Oliver Hajda Lenni Hjelt Muhammed Cangören
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