Little Wing
Little Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu, who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother, who doesn't want to grow up. Varpu lives with her mother and has never met her father. One night Varpu has enough of her riding buddies and her mother. She steals a car and drives up north in search of her father, of whom she only knows the name. But her father is not exactly what she had expected. Meeting him trigger something in Varpu and mother's life, making them realize their role in each other's lives, and in the world.
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Cast
8 people
Linnea Skog
Varpu Miettinen
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Man in Room 301
Roba
Paula Vesala
Siru Miettinen
Known for
Unknown Soldier
Lauri Maijala
Varpun isä
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Queen of Fucking Everything
All Inclusive
Santtu Karvonen
Bo
Known for
Lights in the Dusk
Euthanizer
Antti Luusuaniemi
Ilmari Hukkanen
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Helsinki Syndrome
M/S Romantic
Niina Sillanpää
Emilia Hukkanen
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A Halt
Doors & Locks
Outi Mäenpää
Riding Instructor
Known for
The Match Factory Girl
The Man Without a Past
Pyry Rautiainen
Anttu
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Dead End
A Band Called Milk
Selma Vilhunen Director · Paula Vesala Composer Jori Sjöroos Composer
Budget $1M · United States release January 6, 2017 · Produced in Denmark, Finland
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$1,000,000
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Final Cut for Real
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Production
Denmark · Finland
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Original title
Tyttö nimeltä Varpu
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Finnish
Release dates
Canada · September 9, 2016
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Finland · September 23, 2016
Theatrical
United States · January 6, 2017
Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
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