Aki Kaurismaki's La Havre stars Andre Wilms as Marcel, a free-spirited, good-natured writer who is currently making a living...
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2011
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A lonely night watchman finds love but comes to regret it in this offbeat comedy from Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki....
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2007
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At the time of its production, To Each His Own Cinema represented the latest arrival in a tidal wave of internationally...
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2007
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Two irascible farmers find their bitter rivalry taking on epic tones in this pitch black comedy starring, written, and...
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2004
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2004
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2002
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Seven internationally respected filmmakers offer different perspectives on time and fate -- some witty, some somber -- in...
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2002
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A writer begins to wonder about his life and his manhood in this satiric comedy. Kari Hotakainen (Martti Suosalo) is a...
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2001
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Aki Kaurismaki's Juha is the fourth adaptation of this love triangle involving a woman and two men. The original story took...
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Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter
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1999
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Imbued with flashes of comedy amidst the suspense, this Finnish mystery follows an urban policeman assigned to oversee the...
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Producer
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1997
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A married couple struggles with the repercussions of unexpected unemployment in this wry comedy drama from Finnish filmmaker...
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1996
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This European film, shot entirely in rural Finland, parodies American biker movies from the 1960's. It tells the strange and...
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1994
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1994
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In this Finnish-German comedy two mis-fit men discover that they need more than body language to express their interest in...
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1994
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Finland's Leningrad Cowboys meet the ex-Red Army Choir in this inspired Finnish documentary. The Cowboys (a comedy group)...
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1993
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Ripa (Sam Huber) is an honest con-man, if there is such a thing. He honestly wants money so that he can make the kinds of...
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Producer
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1993
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After getting out of prison, Esa (Hannu Kivoja) has had a hard time finding legitimate employment. Sometimes he takes jobs...
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Producer
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1993
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The Match Factory Girl is a Finnish/ Swedish coproduction. Kati Outinen plays the title character, trapped in a deadly dull...
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Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter
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1992
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This is a well-regarded contemporary dramatic retelling of the story most familiar to audiences from Puccini's great opera La...
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1992
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The makers of this laudatory documentary have caught filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki at work on his film La Vie de Boheme. Aki and...
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1992
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1992
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The odd comedies of Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki may be an acquired taste, but it is one which more and more people are...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1990
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Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki may not have become a household name in arthouse circles until the U.S. release of...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1990
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In this Finnish comedy, which features all-English dialogue and nary a Scandanavian in it, Henri Boulanger...
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1990
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In this noir thriller, a couple of hard cases have impersonated policemen in order to rob a mail truck. Not only is the mail...
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1988
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Sometime in the late 1980s, the rigorous morality of Soviet social doctrine had unbent sufficiently to allow the first rock...
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Executive Producer
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1988
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In this arthouse satirical interpretation of the famous Shakespeare play, a thug named Macbeth starts a gang war at the...
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Producer
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1987
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The plot of William Shakespeare's Hamlet had already been transposed to the modern business world twice before the release of...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1987
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In this romantic comedy, Nikander (Matti Pellonpaa) is a lonely garbage-truck driver who meets the homely check-out clerk...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1986
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Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish...
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1986
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Avant-garde, experimental and misogynist in the bargain, this oddball film is about 17 men named Frank who make their way...
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1985
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Inspired by Dostoyevsky's famous novel, this engrossing Finnish version of "Crime and Punishment" revolves around an ex-law...
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1983
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1982
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1981
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1980
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