Hustlers

Hustlers

2010
1h 44m
4.6

4.6/10

18 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

The director Lauri Nurkse tells that Veijarit is a film about "arjensietokyvyttömyys" (= inability to tolerate everyday life) and about the Peter Pan complex. The main actor Mikko Leppilampi says it's about "kolkyttoistavuotiaat" (= thirtyeenagers = people of thirty behaving like teenagers). An immediate reference point is the commedia all'italiana of the 1950s and the 1960s, the black comedy often exposing the infantile stage of development of the Italian male. Saku and Ässä are anti-heroes, but we never fail to sense the humanity behind their shallow and crazy ways. Veijarit is a satire and a parody of a superficial way of life, but there is a vitality in the protagonists that we feel can lead them to a more meaningful stage of existence after the prolonged youth full of sound and fury. There is a motif of transcendence in the imagery of flying: will the balloons carry me or will they burst.

Status: Released

Language: FI

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Production Information

Production Companies
Bronson Club
Production Countries
Finland
Spoken Languages
Finnish

Keywords

Quick Facts

Original Title Veijarit
Release Date December 25, 2010
Status Released
Language FI
IMDb ID tt1604115

Cast

Mikko Leppilampi
Mikko Leppilampi

Saku

Antti Luusuaniemi
Antti Luusuaniemi

Ässä

Pihla Viitala
Pihla Viitala

Anna

Malla Malmivaara
Malla Malmivaara

Rita

Hennariikka Laaksola
Hennariikka Laaksola

Vilma

Ville Tiihonen
Ville Tiihonen

Alex

Leo Sjöman
Leo Sjöman

Stefan, "Stefu"

Eero Ritala
Eero Ritala

Panu

Sonya Lindfors
Sonya Lindfors

Eerika

Juuso Syrjä
Juuso Syrjä

Pate

Nelly Kärkkäinen
Nelly Kärkkäinen

Miia

Kalle Salonen
Kalle Salonen

Patrick

Key Crew

Katri Manninen
Writer
Lauri Nurkse
Director
Markus Selin
Executive Producer
Jukka Helle
Executive Producer
Jesse Fryckman
Producer