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Aberdeen

Aberdeen

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Aberdeen

2000

1h 53m

6.4(39 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

Kaisa is a Scot, a successful London lawyer, who snorts coke and has one-night stands with strangers. Her mother calls from Aberdeen with some story begging her to fly to Norway and collect her alcoholic dad whom she hasn't seen in years.

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10 featured cast members

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Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

Tomas

Lena Headey

Lena Headey

Kaisa

Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling

Helen

Ian Hart

Ian Hart

Clive

Louise Goodall

Louise Goodall

Sara

Jason Hetherington

Perkins

Kate Lynn Evans

Emily

Leo Gregory

Leo Gregory

Young Man

Marshall Lancaster

Marshall Lancaster

Moose

Sara-Marie Maltha

Sara-Marie Maltha

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Directed by: Hans Petter Moland
Written by: Hans Petter Moland
Kristin Amundsen
Produced by: Petter J. Borgli
Tom Remlov

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