3 Movies Starring Sakari Kuosmanen

Shadows in Paradise

Shadows in Paradise

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-10-17

Languages:

Finnish, Swedish, English

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

76 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (2729 Reviews)

Director:

Aki Kaurismèki

Fullplot:

Only 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?

Drifting Clouds

Drifting Clouds

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-07-10

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (4565 Reviews)

Director:

Aki Kaurismèki

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Tram 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.

Juha

Juha

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-05-01

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

78 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

(1651 Reviews)

Director:

Aki Kaurismèki

Cast:

Writer:

Juhani Aho (novel)

Aki Kaurismèki (scenario)

Fullplot:

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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