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]
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]
References
- ^ 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.
