Hustlers (2010)

  • K-12
  • 12/25/2010 (FI)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 44m

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.

Katri Manninen

Writer

Lauri Nurkse

Director

Cast

Mikko Leppilampi's headshot

Mikko Leppilampi

Saku
Antti Luusuaniemi's headshot

Antti Luusuaniemi

Ässä
Pihla Viitala's headshot

Pihla Viitala

Anna
Malla Malmivaara's headshot

Malla Malmivaara

Rita
Hennariikka Laaksola's headshot

Hennariikka Laaksola

Vilma
Ville Tiihonen's headshot

Ville Tiihonen

Alex
Leo Sjöman's headshot

Leo Sjöman

Stefan, "Stefu"
Eero Ritala's headshot

Eero Ritala

Panu

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