Released Date:
2001-02-23
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
80 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (759 Reviews)
Director:
Kari VèènènenKari Hotakainen (novel)
Kari Vèènènen
Based on Kari Hotakainen's 1997 novel, the film's main character is a not very successful writer, Hotakainen, who is ordered by his publisher to write a dramatic novel about his own secret life. In search for "manic" inspiration, he becomes entangled in the world of cars, particularly a certain yellow Toyota and a used Alfa Romeo. As Hotakainen breaks ties with his former life and reality, he finds himself in opposition with Pera, the young white trash owner of the Toyota.
Released Date:
2006-02-03
Languages:
Finnish, Russian
Countries:
Finland, Germany, France
Runtime:
78 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (4706 Reviews)
Director:
Aki KaurismèkiKoistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near his work. Out of the blue, a young sophisticated blonde woman attaches herself to Koistenin. He thinks of her as his girlfriend, he takes her on her rounds. She's in league with a crook who's planning a jewel robbery, and Koistenin is their patsy. Will he ever wise up?
Released Date:
2006-02-03
Languages:
Finnish, Russian
Countries:
Finland, Germany, France
Runtime:
78 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (4723 Reviews)
Director:
Aki KaurismèkiKoistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near his work. Out of the blue, a young sophisticated blonde woman attaches herself to Koistenin. He thinks of her as his girlfriend, he takes her on her rounds. She's in league with a crook who's planning a jewel robbery, and Koistenin is their patsy. Will he ever wise up?
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