Hustlers (Veijarit) 13 years old

The director Lauri Nurkse tells that Veijarit is a film about "arjensietokyvyttömyys" (= inability to tolerate everyday life) and about the Peter Pan complex. The main actor Mikko Leppilampi says it's about "kolkyttoistavuotiaat" (= thirtyeenagers = people of thirty behaving like teenagers). An immediate reference point is the commedia all'italiana of the 1950s and the 1960s, the black comedy often exposing the infantile stage of development of the Italian male. Saku and Ässä are anti-heroes, but we never fail to sense the humanity behind their shallow and crazy ways. Veijarit is a satire and a parody of a superficial way of life, but there is a vitality in the protagonists that we feel can lead them to a more meaningful stage of existence after the prolonged youth full of sound and fury. There is a motif of transcendence in the imagery of flying: will the balloons carry me or will they burst.

Credits

Hustlers Cast

Name Character
Pihla Viitala She was 28, now 41 years old as Anna
Mikko Leppilampi He was 32, now 45 years old as Saku
Antti Luusuaniemi He was 31, now 44 years old as Ässä

Hustlers Crew

Name Department
Katri Manninen as Writer. She was 35 (now 49) years old Writing
Lauri Nurkse as Director. He was 32 (now 45) years old Directing
Hustlers poster
Hustlers (13 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, December 25, 2010
  • Runtime: 100 minutes