White Rage

Nov 27, 2015

1h 13m

★ 6.3

Overview

About Lauri, and through him the story of other victims of both school bullying and a separate childhood trauma: victims full of white rage, which may lead to school shootings and other extreme acts of violence. The film is also about our society: a society without sufficient understanding or desire to address the emergence of school violence.

Genres

Drama

Documentary

Production Companies

VLMedia

Art Films Production

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Cast

Lauri

Miro Mäkelä

Adult Lauri

Jouko Hokkanen

Young Lauri

Linus Tuomenvirta

Lauri's Father

Samu Loijas

Lauri's Mother

Zaida Hämäläinen

Psychiatry

Arto Halonen

Primary school teacher

Mirja Oksanen

Anders Behring Breivik

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