Skavabölen pojat (Finnish for "the boys from Skavaböle/Hyrylä") is a 2009 Finnish drama film. It was directed by Zaida Bergroth and based on a play by the same name, written by Antti Raivio in 1991 and performed at Q-teatteri in the 1990s.[1] Skavabölen pojat is a story about two brothers, growing from children to adults, from the early 1970s to the early 1980s, in Grankulla/Kauniainen and Skavaböle/Hyrylä in the Greater Helsinki Area.[2]
| Skavabölen pojat | |
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| Directed by | Zaida Bergroth |
| Written by | Jan Forsström |
| Produced by | Nicole Gerhards, Jarkko Hentula, Hanneke M. van der Tas |
| Starring | Lauri Tilkanen, Iiro Panula, Ilmari Järvenpää, Onni Tommila, Leea Klemola, Martti Suosalo |
| Edited by | Niels Pagh Andersen |
| Music by | Alexander Hacke |
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Running time | 2 h 6 m |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
The film was awarded the Flash Forward prize at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.[3]
Plot
editThe film varies between the "present" in the early 1980s, and the brothers' childhood in the early 1970s.
Cast
edit- Ilmari Järvenpää as Rupert Kallio
- Onni Tommila as Evert
- Lauri Tilkanen
- Iiro Panula
- Leea Klemola (mother)
- Martti Suosalo (father)
- Elina Knihtilä
- Tommi Korpela
- Sulevi Peltola
- Henriikka Salo
- Eila Roine
Reception
editIn the film review column in the Helsingin Sanomat weekly supplement Nyt, four critics gave the film an average score of 3.3 out of 5.[4]
References
edit- ^ Espoo Cine
- ^ Mikä Mikä Teatteri Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine Hyrylä
- ^ Skavabölen pojat won at its first foreign festival entry Yle.fi, News. Accessed 16 October 2009.
- ^ Critics' choice. Tv-Nyt, 2009, 11–17 September, p. 20.
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