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Nightborn

Horror

Directed by Hanna Bergholm

In Finnish forest, Saga and her husband Jon embark on a new chapter as parents. But Saga's joy is overshadowed by a chilling suspicion about their newborn, unbeknownst to Jon, causing a rift as she alone grapples with the disturbing truth. From TMDB

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Nightborn is a 2026 horror film, directed by Hanna Bergholm, starring Rupert Grint, Seidi Haarla and Pamela Tola.

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  • Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.comBluesky · Jul 2, 2026

    There’s something seriously wrong with the newborn in the first trailer for dark fable Nightborn, from Hatching filmmaker Hanna Bergholm. On Shudder July 31.

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  • slowbeef @effinslowbeef.comBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    Wife and I finished “Nightborn” a horror movie that’s a little hard to watch, gore-wise but ends in an unintentionally hilarious fight between two parents over an evil baby

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  • Meer @meerkatsrmammals.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 7, 2026

    #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday The Astounding She Monster (1957) Batman Begins (2005) Nightborn (2026) Kung Fu Wonder Child (1986)

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  • 🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2026

    Nightborn (2026) is a folk horror movie about motherhood. I dug it a lot. 👍

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  • ☠️ Skulls and Sheets 👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2026

    I did check the BFI Film festival listings for Oct 10th (in case another interesting film, apart from Wicker turned up) and found a horror film called Nightborn…… But then I found out it has that Rupert Grint in it and I’m not sure I could force myself to watch

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  • 🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2026

    Now watching Nightborn (2026)! 📽

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  • 🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    New #BloodSplatteredVlog! 📽️ This week The Horror Guru & Count Jackula review NIGHTBORN! A folk horror movie about a woman who gives birth to a hairy baby that craves the taste of her blood! #FilmSky #MovieSky #HorrorSky #Horror #Shudder youtu.be/HgJde2zEmnE

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  • Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2026

    FFC #FantasiaFest review: NIGHTBORN, by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2026/08/nigh...

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  • When To Stream @whentostream.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 2, 2026

    NIGHTBORN (2025) - Official Trailer Streaming: July 31, 2026 Shudder #Nightborn whentostream.com/shudder-unve...

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  • Mike McGranaghan @aisleseat.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    NIGHTBORN won the Cheval Noir Trophy for Best Film at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Deservedly so. You *will* be disturbed. Look for it on Shudder this Friday. My review: aisleseat.com/nightborn.html #horror #horrorsky #filmsky @fantasiafestival.com

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  • HorrorMovieBlog.com @horrormovieblog.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    Our @lovehorrorqueen.bsky.social is tapping into @fantasiafestival.com with Nightborn! horrormovieblog.com/nightborn-re...

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  • Yelenazal @yelenazal.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    24. Nightborn, 2026 #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days

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  • IFC Center @ifccenter.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2026

    NIGHTBORN was just awarded the prestigious Cheval Noir trophy for Best Film at @fantasiafestival.com! Seidi Haarla also won Best Performance. See the US premiere on Tuesday as part of our Shudder Showcase series. Extended intro by director Hanna Bergholm! www.ifccenter.com/films/nightb...

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  • Marci 🎃 @marcishaun.blacksky.appBluesky · Oct 4, 2026

    #NowWatching 📽️💀 Nightborn (2026) #horror #thriller

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  • Terroresin82 @taliesin82.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2026

    and he was just in a fairly well liked horror movie called Nightborn. it's not like he wasn't without work in some good indie movies.

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  • What Sleeps Beneath @whatsleepsbeneath.comBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    "It’s one of the film’s most distinct callouts to the problem with women’s health: the utter dismissal and lack of conversation around what new mothers go through postpartum." Read @wsbdestiny.bsky.social's review of NIGHTBORN below! #horrorsky #motherhoodhorror #shudder

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  • Daily Dead @dailydead.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    Video Interview with NIGHTBORN Director / Co-Writer Hanna Bergholm and Stars Seidi Haarla and Rupert Grint By @derekdeadly.bsky.social @shudder.com

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  • Kristie Felice (she/her) @lovehorrorqueen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 24, 2026

    As a mom of 4, Bergholm really grasps postpartum visually in this film- it’s nasty as hell to watch but accurate. Check out my thoughts on Nightborn now on Horror Movie Blog! #fantasiafest2026

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  • Misfit M̾o̾u̾f̾f̾e̾t̾t̾e̾🦨💨 @skunkst.inkBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Watches Nightborn yesterday. Decent enough horror movie. Mostly a metaphor for post-partum depression and also how society has deep expectations it pushes on newborns to conform to a certain reality, be paraded around like an object and how if they don't conform immediately they must be broken

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  • Mike McGranaghan @aisleseat.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    Available now at The Aisle Seat: My reviews of SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, I WANT YOUR SEX, THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER, NIGHTBORN, and tons of coverage from the Fantasia International Film Festival. Check it out (and support independent film criticism) at AisleSeat.com!

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  • The Horror Lounge @thehorrorlounge.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    We interviewed director Hanna Bergholm about her new film Nightborn. The movie stars Seidi Haarla and Rupert Grint as new parents who fear something is wrong with their baby. The movie is now on Shudder. #horrorsky #filmsky #horror www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/intervi...

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  • MaddWolf @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    There’s a new one on Shudder called Nightborn. “Never tidy, never patronizing, but not quickly forgiving, the film embraces what’s monstrous in us. It’s a vivid nightmare worth your time.”

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  • erdbeerscherge @erdbeerscherge.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 20, 2026

    Fantasy Filmfest (Germany's one true major genre movie event) is a wrap. 4 Highlights from 4 different countries: - NIGHTBORN (Hanna Bergholm🇫🇮) - FEELS LIKE HOME (Gabor Holtai 🇭🇺) - IMPOSTERS (Caleb J. Phillips 🇺🇲) - THE VILE (Majid Al Ansari 🇦🇪)

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  • Loud and Clear Reviews @loudandclearrvs.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2026

    This dark and twisted story from Hanna Bergholm subverts what audiences have come to expect from the horror genre, replacing it with something seemingly ordinary and mundane. Read @jwalters204.bsky.social's review of NIGHTBORN (Yön Lapsi)! #Nightborn #Berlinale #Berlinale2026

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  • your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2026

    I watched NIGHTBORN today between heaves and DAMN what a movie. I am apparently not watching enough Finnish horror.

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  • Terry @tezzabelle88.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    Second movie of the day, and tonight we’re keeping Spooktober going with a #ScreamUnseen 🎃👀 Rumour has it tonight’s mystery film is Nightborn… 🖤🍿 #MovieNight #CinemaGoer #CinemaLover

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  • Zack🥀 @zackrose2.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Nightborn (2026) 4/5 🥀🥀🥀🥀 Reasons: Little talkings Comment: About when a newborn that goes wrong, good movie!

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  • Just Mel (under your bed) @melthemartian.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2026

    - Rewatched Oddity with a friend and it’s still a really solid and surprising movie. The director is great at finding a new structure for a basic plot. I love spooky bitch sister. - Nightborn was “fine.” I’ve seen better evil baby movies. Rupert Gint was underused.

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  • alia @ajhardee.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    watching this movie called Nightborn with @rewindfee.com pretty interesting stuff.

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  • ☽.Amanda @heathenmoon.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 7, 2026

    Sedi Haarla in Nightborn has me adding her entire filmography to my watch list - because I beg your finest PARDON - I loved every ounce of her performance. The cadence of her perceived unraveling had my heart pounding. #filmsky

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  • Andi @anddar.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 3, 2026

    The movie Nightborn was fun, gross and very creepy. Loved it.

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  • Brian Fanelli @brianjfanelli.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    Hanna Bergholm's Nightborn is a strong follow-up to her first film, Hatching, and it also tackles motherhood, this time via a monstrous baby. Seidi Haarla gives a stellar performance as the weary mother Saga. My review: #horrorsky #filmsky www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/nightbo...

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  • The Horror Lounge @thehorrorlounge.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    Nightborn just won two juried awards at the Fantasia Film Festival, including Best Film and Outstanding Performance (Seidi Haarla). Here's our review of the movie, which will stream on Shudder beginning this Friday. #horrorsky #filmsky www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/nightbo...

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  • Beyond the Void @btvcast.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    Nightborn (2026) Review - Fantasia Film Fest - One of the Weirdest Pregnancy horror movies. youtu.be/KO1o-jhDtpY #horror #fantasia #reviews

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  • The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    Jumping back into @fantasiafestival.com for today's trio. Up first is the new movie from Hatching's Hanna Bergholm, Nightborn. A very different type of parental tale. Read More from @uncutrobcast.bsky.social here: thegeekshow.co.uk/nightborn-fa...

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  • Crockett Houghton @crocketthoughton.comBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    I will say, Psycho Killer wasn't incredible but not as bad as everyone said. I saw the vision. The Drama was pretty incredible although heavy. Undertone is awesome but I can see the validity of its criticism, and The Nightborn... was a movie.

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  • TellYourCatISaidPspsps @astroburek.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    I really enjoy horror or horror adjacent movies especially when folk horror is involved. A good example for me was recently watching The Ritual. I’m going to have to catch Nightborn! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rit...

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  • Phil Roberts @philthecool.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    ENDING ON A WILDCARD: Seated and #NowWatching FILM 21 at LFF: Hanna Bergholm’s NIGHTBORN #Nightborn #LFF

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  • Culture Crypt @culturecrypt.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    Shudder’s NIGHTBORN starring Rupert Grint might look like another demonic pregnancy movie, but there’s a lot more lurking in its slow-burn suspense. Review:

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  • MiGHOUL BOOnian @mikesnoonian.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    14. NIGHTBORN the kind of movie that exists to fill out film festival lineups and niche streaming service libraries #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days boxd.it/fYwGcx

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  • 𝙳𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚢 𝙳𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 @dusty40horror.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2026

    #Horror365Challenge 233/365: Nightborn (2026) I get what this is, but you can still get the point across without a baby screaming for a third of the film. That honestly took me out of this.

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  • Elizabeth of the Wolf @elizabethofthewolf.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    Today's Lisa Time Movie #Nightborn ( @bookishlisamarie.bsky.social ) was strange... Not bad .. I dont even know how to rate it . It is half in Finnish but subtitled. With that I took my chemo and I need to o back to bed. Watch it if you are in mood for some folklore woodsy strangeness.

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  • abhedgebeast @abhedgebeast.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    My review of the Finnish folk horror NIGHTBORN, costarring Rupert Grint www.assignmentx.com/2026/movie-r...

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  • Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2026

    ‘Nightborn’ Review: Rupert Grint and Seidi Haarla Raise a Bloodthirsty Baby in a Shudder Movie About the Horrors of Motherhood www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...

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  • Douglas Davidson @elmntsofmadness.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    Director Hanna Bergholm’s newest horror thriller, NIGHTBORN, premiered at @fantasiafestival.com 2026 ahead of streaming on @shudder.com tomorrow. EoM Contributor @dubsreviews.bsky.social says it, “…leaves the boundaries hardly pushed and the audience undoubtedly wanting something more.”

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  • Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    A mother struggles to accept her newborn baby in Cheval Noir Best Film winner Nightborn, out on Shudder from Friday www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/night... #Fantasia2026 #filmsky 🎬

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  • Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    Nightborn has been named Best Film at the Cheval Noir awards. See the full list of Fantasia winners www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2026-07... #Fantasia2026 #filmsky 🎬

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  • David Jaffe @filmaddictdavid.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2026

    Seeing a 10:15 pm Popcorn Frights advance showing of “Nightborn” at Paradigm Cinemas: Gateway Fort Lauderdale in auditorium 3 as movie 154 of 2026 with Bobby Harris, Michael Lifschutz, Nicole Talbot, Shelley Beck and Yessica Lepe

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  • Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.comBluesky · Jul 9, 2026

    Now watching: NIGHTBORN (Hanna Bergholm) My thoughts on previous Bergholm films: jaredmobarak.com/tag/hanna-be...

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  • 🎃Sophie of the Dead👻 @frau-loren.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    The true meaning of Berlinale is watching people walk into the exact wrong movie for them. Like, almost everyone at „Nightborn“ did not want to see *that* and that energy is priceless. 😅

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  • InTheirOwnLeague.com @intheirownleague.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2026

    Berlin Film Festival 2026 Review: Yön Lapsi (Nightborn) intheirownleague.com/2026/02/16/b... -Join us in Berlin as our coverage of the 2026 film festival continues here at the League! #berlinale #womeninfilm #womeninhorror

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  • Guillaume @ Arizona Films @gdeseille.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2026

    After her debut at Sundance Midnight in 2022, Finnish Hanna Bergholm presents her second film Nightborn at #Berlinale2026 comp for Goodfellas. Following in the footsteps of Ducourneau and Forgeat, this birth of a forest troll was perfect in 45 minutes on VOD or in a midnight slot. Keine competition.

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  • FILMHOUNDS Magazine @filmhounds.co.ukBluesky · Oct 30, 2026

    Also now playing in UK cinemas is Nightborn, an incredible creature feature from Hatching director Hanna Bergholm starring Rupert Grint and Seidi Haarla. Read our ⭐⭐⭐⭐ review here: filmhounds.co.uk/2026/07/23/n...

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  • Peter Bradshaw @peterbradshaw1.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2026

    My review of Nightborn (dir. Hanna Bergholm) is up here: www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe... (it premiered at Berlin and gets its UK release today)

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  • The Movie Waffler @themoviewaffler.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    "What's clever about Hanna Bergholm's take on this setup is how she leaves a lot of room for doubt." NIGHTBORN is in UK/ROI cinemas from Friday. Read Eric Hillis's review at www.themoviewaffler.com/2026/07/nigh... #Nightborn #horror #RupertGrint #film #movies

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  • Mark A. Latham @markalatham.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    Into the home stretch, so we ramped it up to almost one horror movie a day! - Saccharine (2026) 🦇 🦇 🦇 (Finally, a genuinely good movie [insert Gordon Ramsay meme here]. Sort of “The Substance” meets “It Follows”). - Nightborn (2026) 🦇 🦇 - Dead and Buried (1981) 🦇 🦇 (This one is wild!) (1/2)

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  • Dan Pop-o-matic (Halloween edition) 👻🧛‍♂️😈 @danpopomatic.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    Second secret film was NIGHTBORN. A bit folk horror (but not too heavy on it), a bit body horror, very Finnish.

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  • Fine [ass] Artist @tanaebriana.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    We watching Nightborn in movie night and yeahhhhhh....do not make the mistake of watching this movie with a snack like I did 🫩🫩🫩

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  • Jady Annabel Andrews @jadyannabelandrews.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    On Tuesday 20th October 2026. I watched secret screaming, unseen. Which was #Nightborn . A supernatural- intense wild movie! ( At #OdeonCinemas )

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  • Dan Grima @dangrima92.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    Nightborn is really good stuff. A film all about the additional societal pressure put on mother's over father's and wider society's general lack of understanding of post partum depression wrapped in a folk horror setting. Would make a hell of a double feature with If I Had Legs, Id Kick You

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Rupert Grint
Jon
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Seidi Haarla
Saga
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Pamela Tola
Taru
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Rebecca Lacey
Jon's Mother
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John Thomson
Jon's Father
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Silvia Saloranta
Anna
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Satu Tuuli Karhu
Saga's Colleague
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Amira Khalifa
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