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Things We Do for Love

Things We Do for Love

2013•1h 39m•5.2/10
DramaComedyRomance

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5.2/10(13)

Vaarala, a reserved romantic photographer, has an odd artistic vision of loneliness: he takes serial photos of an empty park bench in remote spaces of nature. When he meets and falls in love with the spirited, unruly Ansa, his ‘bench’ is suddenly filled. But in order to be with her he has to not only overcome his own frailties, but also the impending danger of Ansa’s volatile ex-con ex, and then Ansa herself, a woman prone to impulsiveness and impetuousness.

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Production

Sweet Films, Aamu Film Company

Language

FI

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sampo Sarkola

Sampo Sarkola

Toivo

Krista Kosonen

Krista Kosonen

Ansa

Tommi Korpela

Tommi Korpela

Ismo

Aurora Kuusisto

Suvi

Lauri Romakkaniemi

Esapoika Raate

Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Martti Raate

Minna Puolanto

Minna Puolanto

Ester Raate

Riitta Elstelä

Rouva Hoikka

Jannik Bonnevie

Birgit

Kim Fairchild

Kim Fairchild

Wanda

Ellen Zahl Jonassen

Maj-Lie

Andreas Cappelen

Andreas Cappelen

Oyvind

John Sigurd Kristensen

John Sigurd Kristensen

Harald, kalatehtaan johtaja

Ketil Høegh

Ketil Høegh

Kuulustelija

Olli Wermskog

Olli Wermskog

Police officer

Terje Tollefsen

Police officer

Tom-André Øvergård

Police officer

Kristian Figenschow

Kristian Figenschow

Motellin vastaanottovirkailija

Sara Fossum Fellman

Kioskimyyjä

Dan Erik Heggelund

Baarimikko (uncredited)

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