One Foot Under

One Foot Under

Is there life before death?

2009 · 101 min · ★ 4.5 · Comedy, Drama

Visa Vuorio, a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a few months to live. Because of this, he is a member of a therapeutical support group for people suffering from terminal diseases. Visa's life changes when a young female reporter, Hanna Manninen arrives at the support group offering to write a series of articles about Visa's life story.

Directed by Johanna Vuoksenmaa · Written by Mika Ripatti

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