''Freakin' Beautiful World'' ( fi, Sairaan kaunis maailma) is a 1997

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drama film written and directed by Jarmo Lampela. The film is about two teenage boys from

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who owe money to a local drug dealer. In order to pay their debt, they have to travel to Stockholm to collect drugs for the drug dealer. The film won

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s for Best Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing.

Cast

* Joonas Bragge as Ismo, "Ippe" * Arttu Kapulainen as Pauli, "Papu" * Pihla Penttinen as Mia * Ilkka Koivula as Kalevi "Kalle" Lahtinen *

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as Tarja, Ippe's mother * Jyri Ojansivu as Sami, Papu's brother * Pekka Valkeejärvi as Esa, Papu's father * Sakari Korhonen as Sakke, Ippe's father * Irja Matikainen as Anita, Mia's mother

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* * 1990s teen drama films Films about drugs Films set in Helsinki Films set in Stockholm Films shot in Finland 1990s Finnish-language films Finnish drama films Finnish teen films 1997 drama films 1997 films {{Finland-film-stub