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'Skavablen pojat' (Finnish for "the boys from Skavable/Hyryl") is a 2009 Finnish drama film. It was directed by Zaida Bergroth and based on a play by the same name, written by Antti Raivio in 1991 and performed at Q-teatteri in the 1990s.[http://www.espoo.fi//default.asp?path=1;28;29;37412;37577;110241 Espoo Cine] 'Skavablen pojat' is a story about two brothers, growing from children to adults, from the early 1970s to the early 1980s, in Grankulla/Grankulla/Kauniainen and Skavable/Hyryl in the Greater Helsinki Area.[http://mikamikateatteri.net/?page_id=8 Mik Mik Teatteri] Hyryl

The film was awarded the Flash Forward prize at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.[http://yle.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/2009/10/skavabolen_pojat_voitti_ensimmaisilla_ulkomaisilla_festivaaleillaan_1086843.html Skavablen pojat won at its first foreign festival entry] Yle.fi, News. Accessed 16 October 2009.

Plot



The film varies between the "present" in the early 1980s, and the brothers' childhood in the early 1970s.

Cast



* Ilmari Jrvenp as Rupert Kallio

* Onni Tommila as Evert

* Lauri Tilkanen

* Iiro Panula

* Leea Klemola (mother)

* Martti Suosalo (father)

* Elina Knihtil

* Tommi Korpela

* Sulevi Peltola

* Henriikka Salo

* Eila Roine

Reception



In the film review column in the 'Helsingin Sanomat' weekly supplement 'Nyt', four critics gave the film an average score of 3.3 out of 5.Critics' choice. 'Tv-Nyt', 2009, 1117 September, p. 20.

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