Popular Music

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.

• friendship
• child abuse
• rock 'n' roll
• music record
• himalaya mountain range
• transvestism
• becoming an adult
• alcohol
• parent child relationship
• grandparent grandchild relationship
• province
• boredom
• pop
• 1970s
• music teacher
• vodka
• bogey
• sauna
• sweden
• coming of age
• wedding
• xenophobia
• finland