Nesting

Aug 24, 2020

0h 20m

★ 7.0

Overview

Nesting is a story about Veikka (20), who is about to leave his work place - a construction site owned by Kari (50) - to start a new life in the big city. Veikka thinks the goodbyes will go smoothly, but gets interrupted by a rare situation: there’s a baby in the crane. The surprising problem is an annoyance at first, but in the end it opens up communication between the employees in a way that has been difficult in the past.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ELO Film School Finland

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Cast

Veikka

Mikko Kauppila

Kari

Sami Lanki

Jaakko

Samuli Jaskio

Heli

Tuire Tuomisto

Ranskalainen työmies

Frederic Baduel

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