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‘Tove’ Director Zaida Bergroth’s Hitchcockian Pre-WWII Drama ‘The Wednesday Club’ Being Penned by Ville Virtanen, Birthe Wingren (EXCLUSIVE)
‘Tove’ director Zaida Bergroth will direct ‘The Wednesday Club,’ set in 1938 Helsinki in the build-up to WWII.
The film, eyeing a 2026 shoot, will be directed by “Tove” helmer Zaida Bergroth and written by Ville Virtanen and Birthe Wingren. “Kjell Westö is one of the most appreciated authors in Finland: he’s a living legend,” said Oskari Huttu, who produces for Helsinki-based Lucy Loves Drama. Suddenly, we are willing to bend so many principles – also when it comes to human rights,” she said, mentioning a new law allowing Finland to turn asylum seekers away at its eastern border with Russia, which left her feeling “troubled.”
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