Popular Music

Popular Music

105 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 1, 2004

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.

Popular Music

105 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 1, 2004

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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Happy End Filmproductions, Filmpool Nord, Fine & Mellow Productions, Svensk Filmindustri, Solar Films
Original title Populärmusik från Vittula
Directors Reza Bagher
Writers Erik Norberg, Mikael Niemi, Reza Bagher

Cast

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)

Jarmo Mäkinen

as Isak, Niila's Father

Kati Outinen

as Päivi, Niila's Mother

Björn Kjellman

as Greger

Lennart Jähkel

as Einari

Göran Forsmark

as Birger

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

as Grandmother

Sten Ljunggren

as Grandfather

Lisa Lindgren

as Signe

Fredrik Hammar

as Ville

Annika Marklund

as Communist girl

Tord Peterson

as Knut

Gustav Wiklund

as Ryssi-Jussi