Nimby: Not in My Backyard

Nimby: Not in My Backyard

2020 · 93 min · ★ 4.9 · Comedy, Drama

Mervi is a gay girl living in the hipster quarters of Helsinki. She has been together with Kata for a year, and now they are encouraged by the circumstances to come out from closet. When they do, Mervi realises that she is not the only one in her family with secrets – her parents have been living in an open-bisexual-swinger-relationship for 20 years. On the other hand Kata is pretty surprised that she might be living with a hetero girl that once was dating a neo-nazi. And the ex-boy friend cannot swallow that Mervi is now with a person both of wrong color, and sex. The real threat appears when Kata’s parents arrive from Berlin and the local skinhead chief finds out that a black muslim celebrity politician has arrived to town.

Directed by Teemu Nikki · Written by Teemu Nikki

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Susanna Pukkila Mervi Hirvi
Almila Bağrıaçık Kata Mohsen
Elias Westerberg Mika Jalonen
Matti Onnismaa Artsi
Mari Rantasila Kaisa Hirvi
Antti Reini Topi Hirvi
Ona Kamu Minttu Jalonen
Jouko Puolanto Osmo Jalonen
Leila Abdullah Farrah Mohsen
Stephan Schad Hermann Haettenschweiler
Hannamaija Nikander Janika
Hannes Suominen Teuvo

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