Beyond

Dec 10, 2010

1h 39m

★ 6.4

Overview

One morning just before Christmas, Leena receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This news takes her on a journey to face her mother for the first time in her adult life. Leena has fought all her life to let go of her grief over her lost and dark childhood. She is now forced to deal with her past to be able to move on.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

YLE

Blind Spot Pictures

SVT

Kamoli Films

Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning

Drak Film

Film i Skåne

Hepp Film

Nordisk Film Sweden

Beyond Trailers

Cast

Leena

Noomi Rapace

Johan

Ola Rapace

Aili Moilanen

Outi Mäenpää

Kimmo Moilanen

Ville Virtanen

Leena - as Child

Tehilla Blad

Sakari Moilanen

Junior Blad

Marja

Alpha Blad

Flisan

Selma Cuba

Helmi

Minna Haapkylä

Veikko

Håkan Bengtsson

Riita

Julia Öhrström-Jönsson

Inga-Lill

Lotten Roos

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