

Heart of a Lion
2013-10-18 · 99 min · ★ 6.5
Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings.
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- Directors
- Dome Karukoski
- Production companies
- Helsinki-filmi
- Countries
- Finland, Sweden
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 1,650,000
Top Cast
Peter FranzénTeppo
Laura BirnSari
Jasper PääkkönenHarri
Yusufa SidibehRhamadhani
Jussi VatanenKulmala
Timo LavikainenOlli
Pamela TolaTolli
Mikko NeuvonenDaniel
Jani ToivolaSalif
Stan SaanilaAleksi
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