God, Please Send a Whale (2024)
Overview
A Danish family travels to Brazil to say goodbye to their mother, who passed away six years ago. But things don't quite go according to plan. Can the father and the two adult sisters reach each other and talk about loss, life and death?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | da |
| Popularity | 0.732 |
Directed By
Julie Bezerra Madsen
Crew
Julie Bezerra Madsen
Sune Kaarsberg
Frigge Fri
Signe Kaufmann
Katrine A. Sahlstrøm
TOP CAST
Julie Bezerra Madsen
Herself
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