Sami Blood
Sep 12 2016
•2h 50m
•Drama
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and phrenological examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
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Lene Cecilia Sparrok
Elle Marja
Mia Sparrok
Njenna
Maj-Doris Rimpi
Elle Marja
Julius Fleischanderl
Niklas
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