Vacuum-Cleaner Salesmen

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Vacuum-Cleaner Salesmen

1997

0h 57m

7.8(6 votes)

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Comedy

Drama

Overview

Three vacuum cleaner salesmen go door-to-door selling dreams of dust-free homes and personal ambitions in a bleak Finland hit by the worst recession in history.

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Heimo Kastinen

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Kristiina Marin

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Kimmo Sädeaho

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