The Babylon Syndrome

When Maja's boyfriend travels to India for a couple of months, she is left with no place to stay. She begins lodging with Mattias, a young unemployed man with a group of slacker friends and a 'seize the day' attitude to life. At first terrified by their irresponsibility, she soon finds herself drawn into their orbit.

Cast

Nina Wähä

as Maja

Paulina Hawliczek

as Pauline

Mikael Wranell

as Jonny

Kalled Mustonen

as Mattias

Gustav Deinoff

as Anders

Jonatan Rodriguez

as Ramiro

Per Burell

as Niklas Gustavsson

David Dencik

as Stefan

Gustaf Skarsgård

as Olle

Georgi Staykov

as Pauline's father

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