Aki Kaurismäki Movies

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...

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

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

An interview with Aki Kaurismäki, with film clips and comments from colleagues.

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...

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...

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

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

Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.

Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam live set recorded in 1988.

A typical day in the life of a lonely man who works in an unsuccessful tavern located in the historical center of Guimarães, an old town in...

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...

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

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'...

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

Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.

Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to...

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...

TV document about the Finnish music producer Atte Blom.