
Pullahiiri
1988-12-18 · 59 min · ★ 9.0
A teenager (Sari Puumalainen) starts to suffer from bulimia nervosa after her boyfriend tells her to loose a bit weight. The illness makes her neglect the school and her friends until she realises that she is not alone with her problems.
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- Directors
- Lauri Törhönen
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- TV2 Teatteri
- Countries
- Finland
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- Released
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