Raspberry Boat Refugee
Aug 19 2014
•2h 33m
•Comedy, Romance
Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything Finnish, he sees Sweden as heaven. Upon meeting a suicidal Swedish psychologist Mikael Anderson, he seizes an opportunity for an identity switch. Raspberry Boat Refugee is a comedy about cultural differences in the Nordic countries, their nationalism and, not least, prejudices about our neighbours. It also proves how futile it is to try to escape oneself.
Cast
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Jonas Karlsson
Mikko Virtanen
Josephine Bornebusch
Maria
Frida Hallgren
Lotta
Erik Johansson
Mikael
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