Hustlers
104 mins
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.
Kalle Salonen
Patrick
Elias Lahtinen
Pikku-Saku
Nooa Poropudas
Pikku-Ässä
Marja Hintikka
Naistoimittaja
Heli Kajo
Televisiotoimittaja
Mike Pohjola
Goottikundi
Oskari Sipola
Nörttikundi
Tuulikki Heinonen
Sauvakävelijämummeli
Heikki Paasonen
Self
Suvi Pitkänen
Babes DJ
Niina Hämäläinen
Babes DJ
Lauri Nurkse
Director
Katri Manninen
Writer
Christer Andersson
Production Design
Pessi Levanto
Original Music Composer
Mari Vaalasranta
Makeup Designer
Ella Brigatti
Costume Design
Vesa Meriläinen
Sound Designer
Aleksi Raij
Editor
Henri Blomberg
Director of Photography
Jukka Helle
Executive Producer
Markus Selin
Executive Producer
Henry Wacklin
Gaffer
Essi Suomela
Production Manager
Antti Lahtinen
Assistant Director
Mika Vuorinen
First Assistant Camera
Jarkko Liikanen
Second Assistant Camera
Sini Hormio
Script Supervisor
Jari Kairamo
Lighting Technician
Sami Mäntymaa
Lighting Technician
Juha Niska
Lighting Technician
Sami Toro
Key Grip
Vesa Meriläinen
Production Sound Mixer
Tuomas Klaavo
Boom Operator
Kaisa Roover
Second Assistant Director
Joona Mielonen
Third Assistant Director
Vesa Meriläinen
Sound Editor
Pia Pesonen
Casting
Tutsa Huuhka
Casting
Lauri Nurkse
Casting
Kaisa Roover
Casting
Marko Terävä
Colorist
Juuso Selin
Online Editor
Reijo Kontio
Stunt Coordinator
Anita Hyppönen
Production Assistant
Oula Ikonen
Location Manager