''Skavabölen pojat'' ( Finnish for "the boys from Skavaböle/Hyrylä") is a 2009 Finnish drama film. It was directed by

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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

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Plot

The film varies between the "present" in the early 1980s, and the brothers' childhood in the early 1970s.

Cast

* Ilmari Järvenpää as Rupert Kallio *

Onni Tommila Onni Tommila (born 18 July 1999) is a Finnish actor, known for the films '' Last Cowboy Standing'' (2009), '' Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale'' (2010) and '' Big Game'' (2014). Tommila also appeared in the 2005 '. He was also the voice of Eetu in ...

as Evert *

Lauri Tilkanen Lauri Tilkanen (born 6 November 1987) is a Finnish actor. He has appeared on television and in films such as '' Skavabölen pojat'' (2009), '' Paha perhe'' (2010), ''Hiljaisuus'' (2011), '' Härmä'' (2012) and ''Juoppohullun päiväkirja'' (2012). ...

* Iiro Panula *

Leea Klemola Leea Elisabet Klemola (born 16 August 1965 in Veteli) is a Finnish actress, director and playwright. She studied at the Theatre Academy Helsinki 1987–1991 and has also been teaching acting. Career Klemola has worked on stage and in films. She s ...

(mother) *

Martti Suosalo (born 19 July 1962) is a Finnish actor and singer. Suosalo was born in Oulu, and began his career in 1986 with an appearance in a TV series. He began to work as a regular actor on Finnish television but also appeared in several films in the e ...

(father) *

Elina Knihtilä Mari Elina Knihtilä (born 6 June 1971) is a Finnish actress. Career Knihtilä has worked for several Finnish theatres, such as the Finnish National Theatre and Q-teatteri, while also having appeared in films and on television. She has received ...

Tommi Korpela (born 23 August 1968) is a Finnish actor. He has won the Jussi Award for Best Actor three times, a feat accomplished by only two other Finnish actors before him: Lasse Pöysti and Tauno Palo Tauno Valdemar Palo (born Tauno Brännäs; 25 Oc ...

* Sulevi Peltola * Henriikka Salo * Eila Roine

Reception

In the film review column in the ''

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'' weekly supplement '' Nyt'', four critics gave the film an average score of 3.3 out of 5.Critics' choice. ''Tv-Nyt'', 2009, 11–17 September, p. 20.

References

External links

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Jonni Aromaa: "Skavabölen pojat finally made into a film"

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