Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides toabandon his wife, children and idea of a perfect life. Both characters have been tooscared to live their lives to the brim for too long. But they meet, and in spite oftheir prejudices and reserved natures, they manage to create a dramatic and movingmodern romance which confronts numerous taboos. While the imagery explores theboundary between life and death in a most poetic way, the odd couple's romance istold with both bite and humour. Society - be it in the shape of angry ex-wives,overprotective parents, conservative aunts or embittered colleagues - is doing whatit can to put a spanner in the works."
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Krista Kosonen as Sari Karaslahti
Kari Heiskanen as Mikko Groman
Johanna af Schultén as Mikaela
Kai Vaine as Ilari
Ville Virtanen as Leif
Katariina Kaitue as Marjatta Jokela
Kristiina Halttu as Sari's Mother
Jukka Puotila as Sari's Father
Anne-Mari Alaspää as Riikka
Aksa Korttila as Lotta
Olli Rahkonen as Matias
Manna Jäntti as Heidi
Susanna Laine as Mia
Oiva Lohtander as Otto Johansson
Jorma Tommila as Jarkko Salminen
Maria Sid as Terttu Salminen
Tea Ista as Lene-täti
Kalle Holmberg as Mikaela's Father
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala as Aunt Liselott
Aarre Karén as Erik
Stig Fransman as Valentin
Pekka Hanni as Guard
Jari Hannuniemi as Smoking Patient
Mika Väisänen as MRI-hoitaja
Elena Leeve as Lotan ääni (voice)
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