Kovasikajuttu
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kovasikajuttu |
| Country of production | Finland |
| original language | Finnish |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Jukka Kärkkäinen , Jani-Petteri Passi |
| script | Jukka Kärkkäinen, Jani-Petteri Passi, Sami Jahnukainen |
| production | Sami Jahnukainen |
| music | Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät |
| camera | Jani-Petteri Passi |
| cut | Riitta Poikselkä |
| occupation | |
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Kovasikajuttu (international title: The Punk Syndrome ) is a Finnish documentary by Jukka Kärkkäinen and Jani-Petteri Passi from 2012 about the Finnish punk band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät . The film won the Audience Award at the Tampere Film Festival 2012 and a Jussi for Best Documentary in 2013 . The cinema release in Finland was on May 4, 2012.
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The film follows the four Finnish musicians, two of whom have Down syndrome and one of whom is autistic . The band's lead singer was born with Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS). The musicians use punk music as an outlet for their frustration in everyday life, for example when they cannot get coffee due to their disability. During the filming, the band gained fame and also performed abroad, including in Hamburg on the Reeperbahn . The film also accompanies the band during the production of their first DVD.
criticism
The reviews of the film are mostly benevolent. At Rotten Tomatoes , 100% of the reviews are positive with a total of 14 reviews; the average rating is 6.4 / 10. The industry journal Variety said the "funny, unusual and very human" film moves on "thin ice" and opens "a window to an alternative culture", to "human nature" and to the "very fine line between so-called normal people and those from the fringes of society ”. The Guardian judged the "lovable" film to be a "quiet" but "eloquent example" of how "punk serves the band as an outlet for their daily hurdles in life".
Awards
In Finland, the film won the audience award at the Tampere Film Festival in 2012 and a Jussi Award for Best Documentary in 2013 . In addition, Kovasikajuttu was honored in Switzerland in 2012 as the “most innovative film” at the Visions du Réel festival . In 2013 the film also won an audience award at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. In March 2013 the film received a special award at the 10th Docudays in Ukraine for "passionate optimism and upholding human ideals in life".
Web links
- Official website (English)
- The Punk Syndrome in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kovasikajuttu at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Tampere Film Festival's grand prix went to a Slovakian animation. (No longer available online.) Tampere Film Festival, archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; Retrieved March 17, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Punk Syndrome picks up state film award. In: YLE. September 28, 2012, accessed March 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Kovasikajuttu (The Punk Syndrome) (2012). Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved March 19, 2015 .
- ↑ John Anderson: The Punk Syndrome. In: Variety. May 6, 2012, accessed on March 17, 2013 (English): “[…] this thin-ice-treading docu opens a window onto alternative culture, human nature and the very narrow line between so-called normal people and those on the fringe. "
- ^ Peter Bradshaw: The Punk Syndrome - review. In: The Guardian. January 31, 2013, accessed on March 17, 2013 (English): "The film makes a tacit but eloquent case for punk being a great, liberating musical medium, allowing the band to rage satirically against the obstacles a disabled person faces [...] "
- ↑ Punk Syndrome wins Swiss award. In: YLE. August 30, 2012, accessed March 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Audience Award Winners Announced! SXSW, accessed March 17, 2013 .
- ↑ DocuDays UA Winners Announce. Docudays UA International Human Rights documentary film festival, accessed June 18, 2013 .
