Top Cast
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Enni Oja
Girl
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Elsa Lagerstedt
9th grader
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Ida Malm
9th grader
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Diana Mannerlinna
9th grader
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Harri Huttunen
Teacher
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Aninka Uusitupa
Teacher
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Karoliina Vanne
(voice)
Overview
Every morning thousands of children go to school like canaries in a coal mine, measuring toxicity. The film deals with the chain of harassment and the way we all are broken in our own ways.
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