Popular Music (2004)

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.

Genres: Comedy, Drama

What to watch after Popular Music

• Imaginaerum (2012) — Same feel: dramatic, complex
• Bad Boys (2003)
• Terribly Happy (2008)
• Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) — Same subject: rock 'n' roll, finland
• From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
• As It Is in Heaven (2004) — Same subject: sweden