Skavabölen pojat
2009 Finnish film
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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]
- Nicole Gerhards
- Jarkko Hentula
- Hanneke M. van der Tas
- Lauri Tilkanen
- Iiro Panula
- Ilmari Järvenpää
- Onni Tommila
- Leea Klemola
- Martti Suosalo
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| Directed by | Zaida Bergroth |
| Written by | Jan Forsström |
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| Edited by | Niels Pagh Andersen |
| Music by | Alexander Hacke |
Production company | Juonifilmi Oy |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
The film was awarded the Flash Forward prize at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.[3]
Plot
The film varies between the "present" in the early 1980s, and the brothers' childhood in the early 1970s.
Cast
- 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
In 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]
