One Foot Under

Mar 20, 2009

1h 41m

★ 4.6

Is there life before death?

Overview

Visa Vuorio, a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a few months to live. Because of this, he is a member of a therapeutical support group for people suffering from terminal diseases. Visa's life changes when a young female reporter, Hanna Manninen arrives at the support group offering to write a series of articles about Visa's life story.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Dionysos Films

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Cast

Visa

Tobias Zilliacus

Riia

Susanna Anteroinen

Hanna

Helena Vierikko

Ile

Tuomas Rinta-Panttila

Harri

Jarkko Pajunen

Matti

Pertti Sveholm

Salmela

Kari Väänänen

Wilma

Pihla Viitala

Pesonen

Vesa Vierikko

Lehtojoki

Antti Virmavirta

Huutinen

Heikki Porkka

Puskala

Nauri Nykänen

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