Anselmi: The Young Werewolf

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2014 / 80min.

Rating8

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Synopsis

Year 1973, Finland, Southern Ostrobothnia. The long-awaited child is named Anselmi. The mother disappears in a snowstorm on the evening of the baptism. She is never found. The father raises the child alone. 15 years later, Anselmi falls in love for the first time in her life. Changes begin to take place in the young man, for reasons which lead to the mystery of Anselmi's mothers disappearance 15 years ago. The father's 15 years of silence begins to crack and secrets are revealed.

Directors

Actors

Aleksi Holkko

Pauli Hanhiniemi

Sami Palolampi

Liisa Ruskanen

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