

The Painting Sellers
2010-09-03 · 58 min · ★ 5.4
It's almost Christmas but these three people are still on the road. The products don't sell, the car is a wreck and the weather is freezing. Moreover there is a problem: how to cope with an emerging friendship?
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- Directors
- Juho Kuosmanen
- Production companies
- Aamu Film Company, YLE, ELO Film School Finland
- Countries
- Finland
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 570,000
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