Skavabölen pojat (2009)

Directed by

Zaida Bergroth

Genre

drama film, family film

Country

Germany, Finland

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

K-12

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers grow up in suburban Finland over the course of a decade. The film follows their childhood into young adulthood as their family and surroundings change.

nostalgicbittersweetintimateslow-pacedmelancholicreflectiveearthyfamilial

What happens

Skavabölen pojat (Finnish for "the boys from Skavaböle/Hyrylä") is a 2009 Finnish drama film. It was directed by Zaida Bergroth and based on a play by the same name, written by Antti Raivio in 1991 and performed at Q-teatteri in the 1990s. Skavabölen pojat is a story about two brothers, growing from children to adults, from the early 1970s to the early 1980s, in Grankulla/Kauniainen and Skavaböle/Hyrylä in the Greater Helsinki Area. The film was awarded the Flash Forward prize at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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