Someone Somewhere

Someone Somewhere

What if you're just not good enough?

2019 · 82 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

Someone Somewhere tells five intertwining stories of hopeful but unsuccessful people in the City of dreams - Los Angeles. What happens when you realize that everything you ever wished for is something you will never have? That maybe you are just not good enough?

Directed by Jaakko Manninen · Written by Miska Kajanus

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