70 Is Just a Number

70 Is Just a Number

2021 · 102 min · ★ 6.6 · Comedy

Seija Kuula is a superstar singer and an ageless goddess with a career spanning decades and decades. Problems start to arise when Seija falls in love with a younger guy and everybody around her seem to suffer from a bad case of baby fever. Seija orchestrates a masterplan to make everyone happy only to realize that one can not play with love. 70 Is Just a Number is a warm and humorous coming-of-age story – at 70.

Directed by Johanna Vuoksenmaa · Written by Johanna Vuoksenmaa

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Hannele Lauri Seija Kuula
Mikko Nousiainen Lauri Tamminen
Marja Packalén Mirre
Misa Palander Shanella Pöllänen
Juha Torvinen Klaus Granholm
Paula Vesala Vesala
Antti Hirvonen Pasunisti Viljanen
Pasi Toivonen Komea mies
Inga Sulin Pyörätuolimummo
Matilda Kalliokoski Klausin lapsi
Lydia Miettinen Klausin lapsi (voice)
Saara Törmä Sanoittaja Johanna

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