Badding (film)

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Badding
Directed by Markku Pölönen
Starring Janne Reinikainen
Karoliina Blackburn
Release date
  • 2 August 2000 (2000-08-02)
Running time
1h 43min
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

Badding is a 2000 Finnish biographical film about Finnish rock singer Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki. [1]

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References

  1. Badding. 2000.