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Aki Kaurismäki

Aki Kaurismäki

Finnish producer, screenwriter and director
April 4, 1957 (66 years old)

Fallen Leaves

V.O.: Kuolleet lehdet
Fin. 2023. Sentimental comedy by Aki Kaurismäki with Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiainen. The budding romance between an insecure employee and an alcoholic worker is thwarted by various incidents and misunderstandings.
Runtime: 82 min.

The Other Side of Hope

V.O.: Toivon tuolla puolen
Fin. 2017. Dramatic comedy by Aki Kaurismäki with Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Ville Virtanen. A former sales representative, who has just realized his dream of opening a restaurant in Helsinki, helps a Syrian refugee whose application for asylum has been rejected.
Runtime: 100 min.
Port. 2012. by Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Victor Erice, Aki Kaurismaki. Four stories celebrating the city of Guimaraes in the North of Portugal.
Fin. 2011. Dramatic comedy by Aki Kaurismäki with André Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Kati Outinen. In Le Havre, a shoeshiner whose wife is in hospital comes to the rescue of a young African who has emerged from a container in the port.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Man Without a Past

V.O.: Mies Vailla Menneisyytta
Fin. 2002. Dramatic comedy by Aki Kaurismäki with Juhani Niemela, Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen. After being beaten and robbed by thugs, a man with amnesia is taken in and cared for by a group of destitute people.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fin. 1998. Melodrama by Aki Kaurismäki with Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, André Wilms. The wise and virtuous wife of a good farmer is seduced and lured to the city by a pimp.
Runtime: 78 min.

Drifting Clouds

V.O.: Kauas pilvet karkaavat
Fin. 1996. Dramatic comedy by Aki Kaurismäki with Kati Outinen, Kari Vaananen, Elina Salo.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fin. 1990. Dramatic comedy by Aki Kaurismäki with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley. An unhappy unemployed man hires a hitman to end his life.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Match Factory Girl

V.O.: Tulitikkutehtaan Tytto
Fin. 1989. Social drama by Aki Kaurismäki with Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari. A working-class woman leading a monotonous life meets an attractive man who gets her pregnant.
Runtime: 69 min.
Fin. 1989. Satire by Aki Kaurismäki with Matti Pellonpaa, Kari Vaananen, Sakke Jarvenpaa. A group of Russian folk musicians with a punk look are trying their luck in the United States.
Runtime: 79 min.
Fin. 1988. Social drama by Aki Kaurismaki with Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpaa. A Lapland miner who has gone to the city to seek his fortune soon loses his nerve when he encounters problems.
Runtime: 72 min.

Shadows in Paradise

V.O.: Varjoja paratiisissa
Fin. 1987. Mores drama by Aki Kaurismäki with Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen. The tribulations of a drunken trash collector who falls in love with a supermarket cashier.
Runtime: 74 min.

Hamlet Goes Business

V.O.: Hamlet liikemaailmassa
Fin. 1987. Dramatic comedy by Aki Kaurismäki with Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Esko Salminen, Kati Outinen. The son of an industrialist is convinced that he must kill his mother's lover to avenge his father's murder.
Runtime: 89 min.

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