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Andri, an anxious teenage boy, hides and represses his sexuality in fear of his masculine father's reaction but, on the eve of Andri's first date, he finds a clever way to reveal his secret.
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The people behind it
Ásgeir Sigurðsson
Andri
Bryndís Ásmundsdóttir
Ásta
Davíð Guðbrandsson
Hjörleifur
Kristófer Baldur Sverrisson
Reynir
Eiríkur Kúld Viktorsson
Tómas
Albert Halldórsson
Teacher
Ágúst Beinteinn Árnason
Siggi
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