Popular Music
105 mins
Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.
Niklas Ulfvarson
Matti (age 7)
Tommy Vallikari
Niila (age 7)
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
Grandmother
Fredrik Hammar
Ville
Annika Marklund
Communist girl
Gustav Wiklund
Ryssi-Jussi
Lasse Beischer
Matti 40 år
Markus Selin
Producer
Robert Nordström
Director of Photography
Erik Norberg
Screenplay
Joachim Stridsberg
Producer
Jussi Lepistö
Producer
Reza Bagher
Director
Reza Bagher
Screenplay
Nina Sackmann
Line Producer
Karin Sundvall
Costume Design
Kerstin Bonnier
Executive Producer
Johan Mardell
Executive Producer
Jukka Helle
Producer
Mikael Niemi
Novel
Thomas Hellström
Sound
Joel Hesselgren
Foley Recordist
Ulf Olausson
Foley Artist
Gábor Pasztor
Sound Mixer
Anders Bratås
Makeup Artist
Anna-Lena Melin
Makeup Artist
Li Garpenfeldt
Art Direction
Lasse Westfelt
Art Direction