The Boys
Watch TrailerWhen Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on German love adventures and fought with each other about the favor of soldiers. In autumn 1944, the war was ending. Germans left Oulu by leaving behind fragile relationships, bastard kids and unfinished businesses. The most shocking of all was the faith of young Jake...
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Pojat |
| Year | 1962 |
| Country | Finland |
| Genre | Drama, War |
| Director | Mikko Niskanen |
| Runtime | 106 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.8/10 (28 votes) |
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Director Mikko Niskanen constructs a stark, quasi-documentary narrative, relying on mundane details and the natural performances of non-professional teen actors. He explores the mechanisms of collaboration not through grand gestures, but through the quiet assimilation of foreign authority and the fracture of adolescent identity.
What lingers after the credits is a bitter understanding of how war deforms not just bodies, but the souls of those just beginning to live. The film stands as a severe lesson on the cost of lost innocence. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Mikko Niskanen
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Watch attentively in the evening to absorb every detail of its stark black-and-white chronicle.
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