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A Moment in the Reeds(2018)
Status: Released
Date: 2018-06-29
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87 Votes
Time: 1h 48m
Overview:
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.
Languages: English, Finnish.
Countries:
Finland
ProductionCompanies:
Wild Beast Productions
Movie: A Moment in the Reeds
Top 4 Billed Cast
Janne Puustinen
Leevi
Mika Melender
Jouko
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