Going to Kansas City is a 1998 Canadian-Finnish drama film directed by Pekka Mandart.
The film is about a male exchange student from Finland, who falls in love with an American girl, whose father does not accept the relationship.
Shot in Canada,[2] the film is set in the rural town of Canaan that is located 120 miles west of Kansas City.
[1] Source:[1] The director Pekka Mandart adapted the idea of the story from a magazine article about a love story between a Finnish exchange student and an American girl.
[2] The Finnish Film Foundation granted a three-million mk production support for Going to Kansas City.