Hustlers

Hustlers by Lauri Nurkse

4.70

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.

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Cast

Mikko Leppilampi

Mikko Leppilampi as Saku

Antti Luusuaniemi

Antti Luusuaniemi as Ässä

Pihla Viitala

Pihla Viitala as Anna

Malla Malmivaara

Malla Malmivaara as Rita

Hennariikka Laaksola

Hennariikka Laaksola as Vilma

Ville Tiihonen

Ville Tiihonen as Alex

Leo Sjöman

Leo Sjöman as Stefan, "Stefu"

Eero Ritala

Eero Ritala as Panu

Sonya Lindfors

Sonya Lindfors as Eerika

Juuso Syrjä

Juuso Syrjä as Pate

Nelly Kärkkäinen

Nelly Kärkkäinen as Miia

Kalle Salonen

Kalle Salonen as Patrick

Ada Kukkonen

Ada Kukkonen as Mira

Pia Andersson

Pia Andersson as Sari Möttölä, "Cheryl Lamour"

Milka Ahlroth

Milka Ahlroth as Arja

Elias Lahtinen

Elias Lahtinen as Pikku-Saku

Nooa Poropudas

Nooa Poropudas as Pikku-Ässä

Marja Hintikka

Marja Hintikka as Naistoimittaja

Heli Kajo

Heli Kajo as Televisiotoimittaja

Mike Pohjola

Mike Pohjola as Goottikundi

Oskari Sipola

Oskari Sipola as Nörttikundi

Tuulikki Heinonen

Tuulikki Heinonen as Sauvakävelijämummeli

Heikki Paasonen

Heikki Paasonen as Self

Melli Maikkula

Melli Maikkula as Vegaanimimmi

Antti Pesonen

Antti Pesonen as Rapajuoppo

Jesse Fryckman

Jesse Fryckman as Polttarivieras

Jaajo Linnonmaa

Jaajo Linnonmaa as Polttarivieras

Suvi Pitkänen

Suvi Pitkänen as Babes DJ

Niina Hämäläinen

Niina Hämäläinen as Babes DJ

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