Movie · 2004
Popular Music
Released 1 October 2004 105 min Comedy / Drama More from 2004 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Tord Peterson
as Knut
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
as Grandmother
Sten Ljunggren
as Grandfather
Göran Forsmark
as Birger
Lennart Jähkel
as Einari
Jarmo Mäkinen
as Isak, Niila's Father
Kati Outinen
as Päivi, Niila's Mother
Björn Kjellman
as Greger
Fredrik Hammar
as Ville
Lisa Lindgren
as Signe
Eero Milonoff
Max Enderfors
as Matti (age 15)
Andreas af Enehielm
as Niila (age 15)
Niklas Ulfvarson
as Matti (age 7)
Tommy Vallikari
as Niila (age 7)
Annika Marklund
as Communist girl
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The numbers
69years between the oldest and youngest billed
78Tord Peterson — oldest on the call sheet
9Niklas Ulfvarson — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast