Released Date:
1986-10-17
Languages:
Finnish, Swedish, English
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
76 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (2729 Reviews)
Director:
Aki KaurismèkiOnly connect. In gray, class-conscious Helsinki, Nikander is a stoic, solitary garbage man. Cigarettes, coffee, bingo games, and English lessons border his circumscribed life. There are few words, no smiles, and no laughter. Violence and the threat of violence seem close at hand. Ilona, a supermarket clerk who frequently loses her job, bandages Nikander's hand one evening; later he gets her out of a jam, and they begin an on-again off-again relationship. "Why do I keep losing?," Nikander asks his co-worker, Melartin, a man Nikander met in jail and helped get a job. Can he break his losing streak?
Released Date:
1998-07-10
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
96 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (4565 Reviews)
Director:
Aki KaurismèkiTram driver Lauri loses his job. Shortly later, the restaurant where his wife Ilona works as a head waitress is closed. Too proud to receive money from the social welfare system, they strive to find new jobs. But they are completely unlucky and clumsy, one disaster is followed by the next.
Released Date:
2003-05-01
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
78 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
(1651 Reviews)
Director:
Aki KaurismèkiJuhani Aho (novel)
Aki Kaurismèki (scenario)
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
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