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The Last Bookshop of The World

The Last Bookshop of The World

An incredible journey to save quality literature

2017•1h 40m
Documentary

The documentary is a true story of four real intellectual Europeans from different cultures who are worried about the decline of literature’s life and the destiny of the street level bookshops in every country. That is why they have a mission to save symbolically “the world's last quality books”.

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Production

Sonora Estudios, Bad Taste

Language

FI

Status

Released

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Cast

Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Himself

Boris Koneczney

Himself

Nacho Angulo

Himself

Kaisa Kukkola

Herself

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