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Stockholm
Comedy drama
English
2018
During a 1973 bank heist in Stockholm, Lars Nystrom takes hostages and demands authorities release his old partner-in-crime from prison. As the situation escalates, Lars develops an uneasy bond with one of the female employees.
Stockholm
Comedy drama
Samia
Drama
Arabic
2024
Somali runner Samia Yusuf Omar rises to fame at the 2008 Olympic Games when she becomes the last runner to cross the finish line. She then embarks on an odyssey in search of a better life that ends tragically in the Mediterranean in 2012.
Samia
Drama
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