
Hustlers
Comedy · Drama
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.
Top Cast


Mikko Leppilampi
Mikko Leppilampi
Saku
Mikko Leppilampi
Saku


Antti Luusuaniemi
Antti Luusuaniemi
Ässä
Antti Luusuaniemi
Ässä


Pihla Viitala
Pihla Viitala
Anna
Pihla Viitala
Anna


Malla Malmivaara
Malla Malmivaara
Rita
Malla Malmivaara
Rita
Hennariikka Laaksola
Hennariikka Laaksola
Vilma
Hennariikka Laaksola
Vilma


Ville Tiihonen
Ville Tiihonen
Alex
Ville Tiihonen
Alex


Leo Sjöman
Leo Sjöman
Stefan, "Stefu"
Leo Sjöman
Stefan, "Stefu"


Eero Ritala
Eero Ritala
Panu
Eero Ritala
Panu


Sonya Lindfors
Sonya Lindfors
Eerika
Sonya Lindfors
Eerika


Juuso Syrjä
Juuso Syrjä
Pate
Juuso Syrjä
Pate
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