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
