Hustlers
2010 · 104 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 1,005 VOTES · DIR. Lauri Nurkse
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,065 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:06 Let me tell you what people are like. An example.
00:04:43 No way. - To Forssa then.
00:08:15 I admire you. You're a real lady, and you do valuable work.
00:11:09 Where is he going?
00:13:55 The dare is to describe a past event...
00:17:00 so Rita is interested in other men's balls.
00:21:07 That might be a good thing. She reminds me of Miia.
00:24:56 Will it carry us? - I don't know about a fatso like you.
00:28:02 Shit.
00:31:38 Once more. I promise I won't ask for more.
00:36:16 You owe me a shirt. - Deduct it from my rent.
00:39:46 Congratulations on your new home! - Thanks, Miia.
00:43:23 Okay, I won't see Saku anymore.
00:47:48 Lance Armstrong!
00:51:47 No, she's not.
00:56:02 Yeah, like in the snow.
00:59:31 What did you want to say?
01:02:51 Right? It's okay if you're hurting, too.
01:07:55 Seppo.
01:11:55 I don't know what to tattoo. - I'll do the dishes for six months.
01:16:13 ...a big dream. He was a Brazilian priest.
01:20:30 You don't want to be happy,...
01:24:33 You're my only and dearest friend.
01:36:20 And cut. - And peep.