Name: When Children Play in the Sky
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006-05-25
Duration: 1 h 46 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Angjiuk Jonathansen Bianco, Julian Ferro, Joi Johannsson

When Children Play in the Sky is the story of a Greenlander's life-long spiritual growth and maturation.

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