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Twisted Roots (2009)
Directed by Saara Saarela
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.
Length 99 minutes
Actors
Pertti Sveholm | Milka Ahlroth | Niko Saarela | Emma Louhivuori | Silva Robbins | Johannes Holopainen | Vieno Saaristo | Antti Litja | Jarkko Pajunen | Meri Nenonen | Mohamed Sharif El Bouari | Leo Leppäaho | Yan Ming Li | Geng Sheng Liang | Uuna Saarela