The Punk Syndrome

SÄSONGSÖPPNING & SVERIGEPREMIÄR

Äntligen är det dags för stortartad säsongsöppning på Babel! Vi är mycket glada att presentera en riktigt kick ass-kväll med punk/rollerderby-kombo i form av THE PUNK SYNDROME (Sverigepremiär med regissörsbesök) och en tjuvtitt på den kommande filmen om Crime City Rollers.

DJs: Crime City Rollers

BONUS: En tjuvtitt på filmen CRIME CITY LOVE av Klara Levin, dokumentären som följer fyra av tjejerna i Malmös RollerDerby-liga Crime City Rollers.GÄSTER: Regissörerna till The Punk Syndrome Jukka Kärkkäinen och J-P Pass besöker oss för ett Q&A efter filmen.

“This film tells about the band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät… so it’s about one retard who sings punk and three retards who play punk. You should watch it and think about whether you should hate disabled people or love and respect them.”

– Kari Aalto, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät

The Punk Syndrome is a film about Finland’s most kick-ass punk rock band, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät. The band members, Pertti, Kari, Toni and Sami, are mentally handicapped and they play their music with a lot of attitude and pride.

We follow these professional musicians on their journey from obscurity to popularity. We watch them fight, fall in love and experience strong emotions. We witness long days in the recording studio and on tour. They laugh, cry, drink and fight over who gets to sit in the front on the tour bus. Then it’s time to make up and go talk to people in the audience and tell them how great their band is.
Their songs are about the problems in society as well as about things that they face in their everyday life: how going to the pedicurist sucks and the misery of living in a group home. The guys give piece of their mind to both politicians and people whose attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities need improvement.

The Punk Syndrome is a film about the essence of punk. It’s a story of handicapped people rebelling against the mainstream. This time you’re allowed to stare and wonder why they act the way they do. And you’ll fall in love with them as you watch how the most kick-ass punk band in Finland conquers the world.