Film

Popular Music

2004 · 1h 45m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

6.5

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.

Max Enderfors

Matti (age 15)

Andreas af Enehielm

Niila (age 15)

Niklas Ulfvarson

Matti (age 7)

Tommy Vallikari

Niila (age 7)

Jarmo Mäkinen

Isak, Niila's Father

Kati Outinen

Päivi, Niila's Mother

Björn Kjellman

Greger

Lennart Jähkel

Einari

Göran Forsmark

Birger

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

Grandmother

Sten Ljunggren

Grandfather

Lisa Lindgren

Signe

Fredrik Hammar

Ville

Annika Marklund

Communist girl

Tord Peterson

Knut

Gustav Wiklund

Ryssi-Jussi

• Reza BagherDirector · Screenplay
• Erik NorbergScreenplay
• Mikael NiemiNovel
• Markus SelinProducer
• Joachim StridsbergProducer
• Jussi LepistöProducer
• Jukka HelleProducer
• Katinka FaragóProducer
• Per-Erik SvenssonExecutive Producer
• Kerstin BonnierExecutive Producer

Release date

October 1, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

Swedish

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

11

Budget

$2,224,000

Revenue

$28,000,000

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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