The Punk Syndrome
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Music director Pertti Kurikkas Name Day Country Finland | 8/10 IMDb Genre Documentary, Comedy, Drama Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Jukka Karkkainen,J-P Passi Release date 21 April 2012 (2012-04-21) Writer Jukka Karkkainen, Jani-Petteri Passi, Sami Jahnukainen, Sami Jahnukainen Directors Jukka Karkkainen, JP Passi Cast Pertti Kurikka (Himself), Kari Aalto (Himself), Sami Helle (Himself), Toni Välitalo (Himself), Kalle Pajamaa (Himself), Kyösti Välitalo (Himself)Screenplay Jukka Karkkainen, JP Passi, Sami Jahnukainen Similar movies Movies about punk rock, Movies about musical ensembles, Documentaries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The punk syndrome official trailer with english subtitles
The Punk Syndrome is a film about Finnish punk rock band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät. Its original Finnish title is Kovasikajuttu. The film is directed by Jukka Kärkkäinen and J-P Passi and premiered in cinemas in Finland on 4 May 2012. It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's 2010 MeetMarket prior to completion.
Contents
- The punk syndrome official trailer with english subtitles
- Kovasikajuttu the punk syndrome special screening helsinki
- Film
- Awards
- Reception
- References
Kovasikajuttu the punk syndrome special screening helsinki
Film
The Punk Syndrome follows a Finnish punk rock band whose members all are developmentally disabled, living with autism and Down syndrome. The film employs a cinéma vérité style, meaning it doesn't provide a commentary or explanatory captions to what is seen on screen. The film shows the band members using punk music as an outlet to their frustration with everyday things, such as living in a group home, not being served coffee because of their disability and so on. The film has been said to open a window to the world of the disabled. During the film the band rises from total obscurity to become a small phenomenon and they also get to travel outside Finland. The movie has an upbeat tone and it has been compared to another band documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil.
Awards
In Finland, The Punk Syndrome won the Audience Award at Tampere Film Festival in 2012 and the Jussi Award for the best documentary film in 2013. It was awarded as the "most innovative feature film" at the Visions du Réel film festival in Switzerland in 2012. In 2013 it also won the audience award in the SXGlobal category at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. In March 2013 the film was awarded a special award for "passionate optimism and upholding the ideals of humanism in life" at the 10th Docudays UA festival in Ukraine.
Reception
In Variety John Anderson described The Punk Syndrome as a "funny, edgy and very human feature" which might turn into a cult-hit. In his review in The Observer, Philip French called The Punk Syndrome "a very likable, relaxed film". David Parkinson at Empire magazine gave it three out of five stars calling it "candid and compassionate".
References
The Punk Syndrome WikipediaThe Punk Syndrome IMDb The Punk Syndrome themoviedb.org