Miss Blue Jeans 2012 Directed by Matti Kinnunen Miss Farkku-Suomi

Year 1977. Punk and new wave rock'n roll has arrived to remote Finland and a bleak small town Oulu where increasingly odd-looking youths began to appear in the street with a message. Their rebellion speaks to Välde (17). Välde dreams of joining a rock band and becoming famous. He wants to get drunk for the first time, and to win the love of Pike, the most beautiful girl in the class. When Pike wins the Miss Blue Jeans contest organised by the country´s leading (and only) pop music magazine Suosikki and takes as her boyfriend the bourgeois Henri Hakala, Välde puts all his eggs in one basket. He abandons his former self and begins purposefully constructing a new persona for himself. But everything doesn’t go as Välde wanted … The film is based on a novel by Kauko Röyhkä, an author and indie rock musician.

Country Finland
Production Countries Finland , Sweden
Language Finnish
Spoken Language Finnish
Gneres Comedy , Drama , Music
Production Company Periferia Productions
Budget $1,970,000
Release Date 3 August 2012
92 mins
Cast
Juha Kukkonen Sasun isä
Milja Nieminen Katja, Piken sisko
Mikko Virtanen Partanen, "Kaitsu", "Partsu"
Niilo Lahtinen Naapurin poika
Eero Survo Naapurin poika
Miro Lopperi Henri Hakala
Marika Häkkilä Marja-Leena
Iiro Nurmi Jussi Ekdahl
Jarkko Wilkman Määttä
Jesper Geitel Pauli, Flashin kitaristi
Heikki Pajunen Flash/2. kitara
Onni Toikka Flash/basso
Oula Yli-Perttula Flash/rummut
Topi Hannula Sasun bändi/rummut
Aatu Hokkanen Sasun bändi/basso
Leo Idman Mauno Raappana (voice)
Hannu Sepponen Hippilaulaja
Sarianna Niskala Hippityttö
Suzanna Huhtala Haalarityttö Rattorissa
Tapio Somersalmi Musakaupan myyjä
Seppo Noso Toimittaja Rattorissa
Jorma Karhumaa Rattorin portsari
Seppo Rajaniemi Rattorin portsari
Minna Kuusisto Äidin työkaveri
Pekka Hyväri Välden esimies
DJ Markus Kuusrockin juontaja
Auli Aho Opettaja
Aija Puurtinen Laulaja Kuusrockin lavalla
Joonas Koivula Schoolmate (uncredited)