Heart of a Lion
Original title: Leijonasydän
“Fatherhood or fatherland. Love or hate.”
2013 · 1 h 44 min
Dome KarukoskiCast
Peter Franzén 
Laura Birn 
Jasper Pääkkönen Yusufa Sidibeh 
Jussi Vatanen 
Timo Lavikainen
Credits
Written by: 
Aleksi Bardy
Plot
A neo-Nazi falls for a woman with a black son and confronts his beliefs.
Sinekatalog’s take
Dome Karukoski's Finnish drama is tense and moving, with Peter Franzén.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (4,532 votes)
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