Looking for Joy
Jan 15, 2013 | IMDB 0
11 min Watch NowDrama
Leif-Göran is looking for Joy from Thailand at the train station. They have never met in real life and now they will live together in the cold north of Sweden. A film filled with culture clashes and firewood.
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