STAR BOYS
synopsis
The movie tells what happens when sexual revolution arrives into a conservative and religious small town in Northern Finland, as seen by the 13-year-old Star Boy singers who are forced to observe their parents’ sexual liberation and its consequences at too close range. It’s a powerful story of two families of architects being torn apart by crumbling of moral conceptions and the parents’ endless need for love and freedom. After a fatal toga party, no one and nothing is the same, and the boys’ confusion erupts violently… Even though Star Boys deals with heavy themes, it is ultimately a warm and positive survival story that portrays the persistence and capacity of children to get over even most difficult experiences in life.
international title: | Star Boys |
original title: | Kaiken se kestää |
country: | Finland |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Visa Koiso-Kanttila |
film run: | 82' |
release date: | FI 8/09/2017 |
screenplay: | Visa Koiso-Kanttila |
cast: | Pihla Viitala, Antti Luusuaniemi, Malla Malmivaara, Risto Tuorila, Tomi Enbuska, Olavi Angervo, Vili Saarela, Anna-Maija Haukinen |
cinematography by: | Jarkko T. Laine |
film editing: | Mervi Junkkonen |
art director: | Saara Joro |
costumes designer: | Riitta Röpelinen |
producer: | Mika Ritalahti, Niko Ritalahti |
production: | Silva Mysterium Oy, Filmpool Nord AB, Dragon Films |
backing: | The Finish Film Foundation |
distributor: | Scanbox Entertainment Finland |