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.
Title | Popular Music |
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Year | 2004 |
Genre | Comedy, Drama |
Country | Denmark, Finland, Sweden |
Studio | Solar Films, Happy End Filmproductions, Filmpool Nord, SF Studios, Fine & Mellow Productions |
Cast | Max Enderfors, Andreas af Enehielm, Niklas Ulfvarson, Tommy Vallikari, Jarmo Mäkinen, Kati Outinen |
Crew | Markus Selin (Producer), Robert Nordström (Director of Photography), Erik Norberg (Screenplay), Per-Erik Svensson (Executive Producer), Joachim Stridsberg (Producer), Jussi Lepistö (Producer) |
Keyword | friendship, child abuse, rock 'n' roll, music record, himalaya mountain range, transvestism, becoming an adult, alcohol, parent child relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship, province, boredom, pop, 1970s, music teacher, vodka, bogey, sauna, sweden, coming of age, wedding, xenophobia, finland |
Release | Oct 01, 2004 |
Runtime | 105 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.30 / 10 by 54 users |
Popularity | 4 |
Budget | 2,224,000 |
Revenue | 28,000,000 |
Language | suomi, svenska |