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STAR BOYS

by Visa Koiso-Kanttila

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

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