Hustlers (2010)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 2010-12-25
Runtime: 104 minutes
Director: Lauri Nurkse
Top Cast
- Mikko Leppilampi as Saku
- Antti Luusuaniemi as Ässä
- Pihla Viitala as Anna
- Malla Malmivaara as Rita
- Hennariikka Laaksola as Vilma
- Ville Tiihonen as Alex
- Leo Sjöman as Stefan, "Stefu"
- Eero Ritala as Panu
- Sonya Lindfors as Eerika
- Juuso Syrjä as Pate
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