Popular Music
Populärmusik från Vittula
Release: 2004-10-01
·Runtime: 105m
·★ 6.2
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Production Companies
Solar Films
Happy End Filmproductions
Filmpool Nord
SF Studios
Fine & Mellow Productions
Cast
Lennart Jähkel
as Einari
Göran Forsmark
as Birger
Eero Milonoff
Jussi Lampi
Jarmo Mäkinen
as Isak, Niila's Father
Kati Outinen
as Päivi, Niila's Mother
Lamine Dieng
Sten Ljunggren
as Grandfather
Tord Peterson
as Knut
Max Enderfors
as Matti (age 15)
Andreas af Enehielm
as Niila (age 15)
Björn Kjellman
as Greger
Lisa Lindgren
as Signe