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Shukran Habibi

Country: Finland, Language: Finnish, 35 mins

  • Director: Ville Tanttu
  • Writer: Ville Tanttu

CGiii Comment

This is so very special. Subtext done to absolute perfection.

The complexities are a dichotomy...the dichotomies are complex.

Desperation leads to desperate acts...or, do they? A sincerity may actually be present!

A film brave enough to raise the important issue of immigrant homophobia...it really is a cause for concern. 

All religions seems to preach love, peace and forgiveness...it's just a pity than none of them practise what they preach.

An astounding piece of work.


No trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

Mohammed, a refuge man, finds a special connection with Kristian, a Finnish family man.

Cast & Characters

Hayder Ali Abdulhasan as Shareef
Farqad Al-Juburi as Hazim
Zaid Aleass Ali as Ali
Bakr Hassan as Mohammed
Patrick Henriksen as Kristian
Dadas Kardestir as Man at the Shopping Mall
Mahmood Nalem as Omar
Leena Pöysti as Lena
Petra Sundqvist as Officer
Liv Wikström as Joonika