God, Please Send a Whale

God, Please Send a Whale

2024•1h 15m

Documentary

A Danish family travels to Brazil to say goodbye to their mother, who passed away six years ago. But things don't quite go according to plan. Can the father and the two adult sisters reach each other and talk about loss, life and death?

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Production

Good Company Pictures, DR

Language

DA

Status

Released

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Cast

Julie Bezerra Madsen

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