
The director Lauri Nurkse tells that Veijarit is a film about "arjensietokyvyttömyys" (= inability to tolerate everyday life) and about the Peter Pan complex. The main actor Mikko Leppilampi says it's about "kolkyttoistavuotiaat" (= thirtyeenagers = people of thirty behaving like teenagers). An immediate reference point is the commedia all'italiana of the 1950s and the 1960s, the black comedy often exposing the infantile stage of development of the Italian male. Saku and Ässä are anti-heroes, but we never fail to sense the humanity behind their shallow and crazy ways. Veijarit is a satire and a parody of a superficial way of life, but there is a vitality in the protagonists that we feel can lead them to a more meaningful stage of existence after the prolonged youth full of sound and fury. There is a motif of transcendence in the imagery of flying: will the balloons carry me or will they burst.

as Saku

as Ässä

as Anna

as Rita

as Vilma

as Alex

as Stefan, "Stefu"

as Panu

as Eerika

as Pate

as Miia

as Patrick

as Mira

as Sari Möttölä, "Cheryl Lamour"

as Arja

as Pikku-Saku

as Pikku-Ässä

as Naistoimittaja

as Televisiotoimittaja

as Goottikundi

as Nörttikundi

as Sauvakävelijämummeli

as Self

as Vegaanimimmi

as Rapajuoppo

as Polttarivieras

as Polttarivieras

as Babes DJ

as Babes DJ