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Last Cowboy Standing
(Skavabölen pojat) |
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Script: |
Antti Raivio, Jan Forsström, Zaida Bergroth |
Director: |
Zaida Bergroth |
Cinematography: |
Anu Keränen |
Set design: |
Kaisa Mäkinen |
Costumes: |
Sari Suominen |
Make-up: |
Marjut Samulin |
Sound: |
Janne Laine |
Editing : |
Niels Pagh Andersen |
Production: |
Jarkko Hentula |
Co-Producer: |
Nicole Gerhards, Hanneke van der Tas / NikoFilm, tel. +49 30 2758 2836, hanneke@nikofilm.de |
Shooting: |
22.4. - 30.6.2008 |
Budget: |
1 750 000 € (SES 700 000 €) |
Release: |
4.9.2009 |
Actors: |
Ilmari Järvenpää, Onni Tommila, Lauri Tilkanen, Iiro Panula, Martti Suosalo, Leea Klemola, Tommi Korpela, Elina Knihtilä, Sulevi Peltola, Eila Roine. |
Internet: |
http://www.skavabolenpojat.fi/ |
Synopsis: |
In 1972, Rupert, 8 and Evert, 6 are two lovable and wildly imaginative brothers, lost in their cowboys-and-indians fantasies and in the playground romances with the neighbourhood girls. In the background is the warm but explosive and unstable mother, and the charming but unreliable father. The family has moved to a new house, the future looks bright.
Everything starts to fall apart when Rupert finds a hidden letter. There are terrible fights and hushed whispers, then mom is taken somewhere to rest for a while. Later on there is confusing talk about a new mom. The brothers make a blood oath: One can´t lie or die or one has to pay the other a million or more for the rest of his life. Rupert tries to hold the family together. But finally things get too complicated, and real tragedy waits in the wings of the fantasy plays.
In 1982 the guilt-ridden 18-year-old Rupert tries to remember and understand the events of the past amidst the chaos of the present. If he doesn´t find absolution, the family tragedy will be repeated and the curse will live on. Dad is coming home and the blood oath is about to be broken.
International Sales: m-appeal
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Festivals: |
Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea, 8.–16.10.2009
Tallinn Black Market, Estonia, 30.11.-3.12.2009
33rd Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, 29.1.–8.2.2010
Finnish Film Week in Istanbul, Turkey, 20.–30.5.2010
Yksi Kaksi Filmi – Finnish Film Week in Stockholm, Sweden, 19.–22.8.2010
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Awards & Prizes: |
Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea, 8.–16.10.2009
Main Award of Flash Forward competition
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Production |
Juonifilmi Oy
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 A
00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 20 7300 451
Fax. +358 20 7300 452
Email. etunimi.sukunimi@juonifilmi.fi
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Distribution in Finland |
FS Film Oy
Urho Kekkosenkatu 4-6 E, 5 krs
00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 207 300 460
Fax. +358 207 300 461
Internet www.fs-film.fi |
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