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23/09/2016 Drama 1h 40m
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Overview

Little Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu, who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother, who doesn't want to grow up. Varpu lives with her mother and has never met her father. One night Varpu has enough of her riding buddies and her mother. She steals a car and drives up north in search of her father, of whom she only knows the name. But her father is not exactly what she had expected. Meeting him trigger something in Varpu and mother's life, making them realize their role in each other's lives, and in the world.

  1. Selma Vilhunen

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Linnea Skog

    Varpu Miettinen

  2. Paula Vesala

    Siru Miettinen

  3. Lauri Maijala

    Varpun isä

  4. Santtu Karvonen

    Bo

  5. Antti Luusuaniemi

    Ilmari Hukkanen

  6. Niina Sillanpää

    Emilia Hukkanen

  7. Outi Mäenpää

    Riding Instructor

  8. Pyry Rautiainen

    Anttu

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Reviews

A review by Reno
Written by Reno on 2017-03-26
**When one parent's failing, the kid needs another.**

This is the second Finnish film for me in a week. '...Olli Maki' was a sport-biopic, but this one is a simple fictional drama. All woman team, watching it on the occasion around Women's day make it a special. The story was not impressive enough. Lacks the originality, but overall decently made film.

A coming-of-age theme that tells about Varpu who just turned 12. She lives with her mother, who is a character of underage. There's nothing bad about her, but she feels the world is a very complicated place and complaints a lot like a twee...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Finnish

Budget
$1,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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