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God, Please Send a Whale

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A Danish family travels to Brazil to say goodbye to their mother, who passed away six years ago. But things don't quite go according to plan. Can the father and the two adult sisters reach each other and talk about loss, life and death?

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2024-03-18

Runtime: 75 mins

Director: Julie Bezerra Madsen

Spoken language: Dansk, Português

Genres: Documentary

Original title: God, Please Send a Whale

Production Companies: Good Company Pictures, DR

Production Countries: Denmark

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