Skavabölen pojat
{{Infobox film
| name = Skavabölen pojat
| director = Zaida Bergroth
| producer = Nicole Gerhards, Jarkko Hentula, Hanneke M. van der Tas
| writer = Jan Forsström
| starring = Lauri Tilkanen, Iiro Panula, Ilmari Järvenpää, Onni Tommila, Leea Klemola, Martti Suosalo
| music = Alexander Hacke
| editing = Niels Pagh Andersen
| studio = Juonifilmi Oy
| released = {{Film date|2009|09|04|df=yes}}
| runtime = 2 h 6 m
| country = Finland
| language = Finnish
}}
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.[http://www.espoo.fi//default.asp?path=1;28;29;37412;37577;110241 Espoo Cine] 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.[http://mikamikateatteri.net/?page_id=8 Mikä Mikä Teatteri] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810095622/http://mikamikateatteri.net/?page_id=8 |date=2009-08-10 }} Hyrylä
The film was awarded the Flash Forward prize at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.[http://yle.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/2009/10/skavabolen_pojat_voitti_ensimmaisilla_ulkomaisilla_festivaaleillaan_1086843.html Skavabölen pojat won at its first foreign festival entry] Yle.fi, News. Accessed 16 October 2009.
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.Critics' choice. Tv-Nyt, 2009, 11–17 September, p. 20.
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=1208728}}
- [http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/2009/08/skavabolen_pojat_taipui_vihdoin_elokuvaksi_950501.html Jonni Aromaa: "Skavabölen pojat finally made into a film"], Yleisradio
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Category:2000s Finnish-language films
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