The Liar
Feb 27, 1981 | IMDB 6.1
53 min Watch NowComedy, Drama
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.
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