Bahman, Mahtab, Ramin and Donya Mehdipour are enjoying a perfect summer in a small Finnish town. Their routines are fractured by a negative decision on their application for asylum by the Finnish Immigration Service. But life must go on and the 13-year-old Ramin is about to enter an entirely new school, junior high. The Mehdipours use their last chance to appeal but continue their everyday lives, fuelled by their exceptionally positive outlook and attitude.
Shahab Hosseini
Bahman Mehdipouri
Aran-Sina Keshvari
Ramin Mehdipouri
Kimya Eskandari
Donya Mehdipouri
Laura Birn
Teacher
Vilho Rönkkönen
Jigi
Kristiina Halkola
Helena
Eero Melasniemi
Onni
Lumi Barrois
Marianna
Henry Hanikka
Nihkeä naapuri
Bahman, Mahtab, Ramin and Donya Mehdipour are enjoying a perfect summer in a small Finnish town. Their routines are fractured by a negative decision on their application for asylum by the Finnish Immigration Service. But life must go on and the 13-year-old Ramin is about to enter an entirely new school, junior high. The Mehdipours use their last chance to appeal but continue their everyday lives, fuelled by their exceptionally positive outlook and attitude.
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