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Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything Finnish, he sees Sweden as heaven. Upon meeting a suicidal Swedish psychologist Mikael Anderson, he seizes an opportunity for an identity switch. Raspberry Boat Refugee is a comedy about cultural differences in the Nordic countries, their nationalism and, not least, prejudices about our neighbours. It also proves how futile it is to try to escape oneself.Read moreLess
Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything Finnish, he sees Sweden as heaven. Upon meeting a suicidal Swedish psychologist Mikael Anderson, he seizes an opportunity for an identity switch. Raspberry Boat Refugee is a comedy about cultural differences in the Nordic countries, their nationalism and, not least, prejudices about our neighbours. It also proves how futile it is to try to escape oneself.
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Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything Finnish, he sees Sweden as heaven. Upon meeting a suicidal Swedish psychologist Mikael Anderson, he seizes an opportunity for an identity switch. Raspberry Boat Refugee is a comedy about cultural differences in the Nordic countries, their nationalism and, not least, prejudices about our neighbours. It also proves how futile it is to try to escape oneself.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Jonas KarlssonMikko Virtanen
Josephine BornebuschMaria
Frida HallgrenLotta
Erik JohanssonMikael
Björn BengtssonRille
Suzanne ReuterGreta
Jarmo MäkinenJorma
Tommi KorpelaFather
Yasmine GarbiMother
Kari-Pekka ToivonenSakari
Armi ToivanenTiina
Nour El RefaiNahidExplore the crew
- Director
- Leif Lindblom
- Producer
- Ilkka Matila
- Producer
- Patrick Ryborn
- Director of Photography
- Tuomo Hutri
- Editor
- Anders Nylander
- Editor
- Simon Pontén
- Original Music Composer
- Tuomas Kantelinen
- Screenplay
- Daniel Karlsson
- Screenplay
- Erik Ahrnbom