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Twisted Roots(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-10-09
60%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 39m
Overview:
In this stylish Finnish drama, the secrets and desires of a family can no longer be suppressed. Mikko turns out to have a hereditary illness. Since then he has been worried. How long can he continue to run the family business that he and inherited from his father, just like his illness? And how does he tell his teenage daughter and adult son that they might have the wrong genes? The imaginative eight-year-old Lumi, adopted from China, also cannot get away from her roots.
Languages: Finnish.
Countries:
Finland,
Sweden
ProductionCompanies: 
Edith Film
Movie: Twisted Roots
Top 10 Billed Cast
Pertti Sveholm
Mikko
Milka Ahlroth
Mirjami
Niko Saarela
Sakari
Johannes Holopainen
Kosmo
Vieno Saaristo
Mummi
Jarkko Pajunen
Janne Savio
Meri Nenonen
Marlene
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In this stylish Finnish drama, the secrets and desires of a family can no longer be suppressed. Mikko turns out to have a hereditary illness. Since then he has been worried. How long can he continue to run the family business that he and inherited from his father, just like his illness? And how does he tell his teenage daughter and adult son that they might have the wrong genes? The imaginative eight-year-old Lumi, adopted from China, also cannot get away from her roots.
Release Date
2009-10-09
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6
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