A middle-aged man and a teenager with everything to lose. These two strangers in very different situations meet unexpectedly and end up saving each other. Or do they?
Social & External
The people behind it
Minessa Liminka
Emilia
Bambu Xavier Locquet
Sébastien
Leevi Lehtonen
Noel
Katy Suutari
Sébastien's wife
Anu Karttunen
Emilia's mother
Emil Storgård
Man at the parking lot
Leona Schauman
Sébastien's daughter (young)
Vini Venetvaara
Sébastien's daughter
Jenni Heinonen
Paramedic 1
Henri Muukkonen
Paramedic 2 (driver)
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