When Darkness Falls

Oct 20, 2006

2h 13m

★ 7.2

Overview

A gripping and intense thriller about honour, loyalty, and the courage to fight for what you believe.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Film i Väst

Pan Vision

Sonet Film

TV3 Sverige

Svenska Filminstitutet

Multimedia Film und Fernseh

FilmFörderung Hamburg

Anders Nilsson Filmproduktion

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Cast

Leyla

Oldoz Javidi

Nina

Bahar Pars

The Mother

Mina Azarian

The Father

César Saratxu

Stella Forsberg

Annika Hallin

The Mother-in-law

Bibi Andersson

Carina

Lia Boysen

Susanne

Anja Lundqvist

Ove Ternberg

Tomas Bolme

Kristian Lima de Faria

Crim.Forensic Fredrixon

Eivin Dahlgren

Kvinnlig forskare Framtidsseminariet

Maria Hörnelius

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