Popular Music
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.
Cast
Kati Outinen
Päivi, Niila's Mother
Lisa Lindgren
Signe
Jarmo Mäkinen
Isak, Niila's Father
Eero Milonoff
Jussi Lampi
Björn Kjellman
Greger
Lennart Jähkel
Einari
Sten Ljunggren
Grandfather
Tord Peterson
Knut
Max Enderfors
Matti (age 15)
Andreas af Enehielm
Niila (age 15)
Göran Forsmark
Birger
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
Grandmother
Lamine Dieng