Aki Kaurismäki Movies

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

In the heart of the Finnish forest, the long-closed foundry of the little town of Karkkila has come back to life thanks to director Aki...

Two men, Nieminen and Varjola, commit a mail van robbery. Varjola betrays his friend: shoots him and takes the loot. Nieminen is arrested, but he...

Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an...

TV document about the Finnish music producer Atte Blom.

17 men named Frank walk across Seattle hoping to find a better life. A remake of Calamari Union (1985).

Four voices and their visions of Guimarães, cradle city of the Portuguese nation and European Capital of Culture in 2012.

Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström...

Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam live set recorded in 1988.

A man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react.

Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.

A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981. The bands (Juice Leskinen Slam, Eppu...

Giancarlo Rosso, a professional assassin from Sicily, is sent to Finland to kill a very specific target. When he reaches the country, he discovers...

Juhani Haavisto returns to his childhood home from the seas and is confronted by his wheelchair-bound, demented father Eino and the traumas of sexual...

Documentary filmed on-set during the making of Aki Kaurismaki's "La vie de Boheme"

A week-long glimpse into the wretched existence of Ripa, a long-haired, hard-drinking lug. He is also a filmmaker-wannabee, whose last two projects...

Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in...

Three young people, two boys and a girl, meet on a Friday evening in an urban post-disaster setting which has brought Helsinki to ruins. The boys'...