Vegas

Sep 25, 2009

1h 50m

★ 3.9

You don't choose your family. You choose your friends.

Overview

You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje – three teenagers with nowhere to go.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Cinenord

FilmFondet Fuzz

Vegas Trailers

Cast

Thorstein

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Reidar

Helge Jordal

Roger

Kyrre Haugen Sydness

Johannes

Eindride Eidsvold

Marianne

Karoline Stemre

Fredrik

Stig R. Amdam

Gro

Henriette Slorer

Terje

Sindre Kvalvåg Jacobsen

Thomas

Jørgen Hausberg Nilsen

Lillian

Ellen Birgitte Winther

Liz

Kristi-Helene Engeberg

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6.7

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