Check this out: that’s Finnish actor Hannes Suominen on the left, American actor Matt Damon on the right. Uncanny resemblance, right?
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Fun fact: Matt Damon is of Finnish descent. His mother is Finnish with some Swedish thrown in. (Similar to my mother.)
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If there were any doubt about his ancestry, this side-by-side makes it clear! .
Watched the 2017 film The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon Sotilas), which stars Hannes. In many spots, he is a dead ringer for Matt Damon.
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~A country fighting to stay free~
~A woman with an impossible decision~
In November of 1939, Sini Toivola is sure of two things: she loves Marko Linna, and she has a comfortable life in Helsinki. But when the massive Soviet army invades her beloved homeland and Marko spurns her affections, her life is turned upside down. Needing a fresh start, Sini decides to join the female volunteer corps—the Lotta Svärd—and is sent to serve near the front lines. Service at a field hospital proves a good distraction—until Sini discovers a Russian soldier lost behind their camp.
Duty requires her to turn him in, but her heart begs to keep him safe and help him escape. Torn between love for her country and love for her enemy, Sini must choose—but no matter what choice she makes, heart-wrenching consequences await them all.
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