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Plot: Discover the challenging world of Finnish scientist, artist and philosopher Erkki Kureniemmi. Witness mysterious scientific experiments, enjoy a symphony for matrix-printers and see a team of robots challenge the reigning world champion football team.
AKA: The Aki Kaurismäki Collection Vol. 1; Shadows In Paradise; Ariel; The Match Factory Girl; Workers' Trilogy; Underdog Trilogy Finland: 2007 Dark Comedy / Art
Plot: This three-disc set contains Kaurismäki's acclaimed "Workers' Trilogy", which finds Kaurismäki at the height of his sardonic humanist powers. Includes "Shadows In Paradise", "Ariel", and "The Match Factory Girl".
AKA: The Aki Kaurismäki Collection Vol. 3; Crime And Punishment; Calamari Union; Hamlet Goes Business; La Vie De Boheme Finland: 2007 Dark Comedy / Art
Plot: Includes the following four Kaurismäki flix on 3 discs: "Crime And Punishment", "Calamari Union", "Hamlet Goes Business", and "La Vie De Boheme".
AKA: Workers' Trilogy; Underdog Trilogy Finland: 1988
Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää (Matti Pellonpaa) Drama / Dark Comedy
Plot: In this dryly comic and satirical melange of road movie and film noir, a newly-unemployed Lapland miner sets off in a Cadillac convertible for a fresh start in Helsinki, joined by a meter maid Irmeli and her young son.
Plot: A group of men (all but one named Frank) abandon their neighborhood in search of a near mythical district across town that promises a better life. Their misadventures unfold with the director's trademark deadpan humour.
Finland: 1983
Markku Toikka, Matti Pellonpää (Matti Pellonpaa) Crime / Drama
Plot: Kaurismäki's first feature follows the descent into crime of Rahikainen, a slaughterhouse worker who murders a businessman and then begins a tense game of cat and mouse with the police.
AKA: Far Away the Clouds Escape Finland: 1996
Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen (Kari Vaananen), Matti Pellonpää (Matti Pellonpaa) Dark Comedy / Drama
Plot: After restaurant hostess Ilona and her tram driver husband Lauri both find themselves unemployed, they embark on an unforgiving search for work in a recession-hit Helsinki. Director Kaurismäki’s comic masterpiece is a tale of hope and survival.
AKA: Hamlet Gets Business Finland: 1987
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Matti Pellonpää (Matti Pellonpaa) Comedy / Dark Comedy
Plot: In this wicked and hilarious satire of the corporate world, an irresponsible finds himself involved in a vicious boardroom power struggle with his uncle, who plans to sell off his company's assets in order to corner the market on swedish rubber ducks.
Plot: In Finland's countryside, the story of an ancient Finnish folk take begins to come true, bringing to pass an epic conflict between good and evil. Finland's first kung fu epic!
Finland: 1999
Sakari Kuosmanen, Kati Outinen Dark Comedy / Romance
Plot: Following the fortunes of Juha, an earnest farm worker whose wife is seduced away from him by a city slicker, the film is both a tribute to and a parody of the silent film genre, delightfully peppered with references to Kaurismäki’s cinematic heroes.
AKA: La Vie De Bohème; Bohemian Life Finland: 1992
Matti Pellonpää (Matti Pellonpaa), Jean-Pierre Léaud (Jean-Pierre Laaud) Comedy / Dark Comedy
Plot: Freely adapted from Henri Murger's 1851 novel, this is Kaurismäki's highly individual take on the story of three bohemian artists -- a poet, a painter and a composer -- set in a timeless Paris. shifting between heartbreaking drama and black humour.
Though the ultra-dry deadpan humor may not be for everyone, it most certainly was for us. A perfect example of how understated characters and under-acting can have the most impact.
AKA: Workers' Trilogy; Underdog Trilogy Finland: 1990
Kati Outinen Drama / Dark Comedy
Plot: This blackly comic minimalist masterpiece stars Kati Outinen as Iiris, a shy and dowdy young woman whose dreams of finding love at the local dancehall are constantly foiled. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand, she plots her revenge.
AKA: Levottomat Finland: 2000
Mikko Nousiainen, Laura Malmivaara, Petteri Summanen Drama / Romance
Plot: Ari so deeply fears commitment and pain that he limits his relationships solely to one-night stands. But when he meets a woman who falls in love with him and asks for more of him than just his body, he is put in a very difficult spot.
AKA: Levottomat Finland: 2000
Mikko Nousiainen, Laura Malmivaara, Petteri Summanen Drama / Romance
Plot: Ari so deeply fears commitment and pain that he limits his relationships solely to one-night stands. But when he meets a woman who falls in love with him and asks for more of him than just his body, he is put in a very difficult spot.
Plot: An ingeniously structured film, "The River" flows between a dozen diverse, well-etched characters in a small Finnish town, including a clandestine gay couple, a factory worker and his adulterous wife, and a suicidal young mother.
AKA: Workers' Trilogy; Underdog Trilogy Finland: 1986
Matti Pellonpää (Matti Pellonpaa), Kati Outinen Comedy / Dark Comedy
Plot: A rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur meets a down-on-her luck cashier in a local supermarket and, falteringly, a bond begins to develop between them in this offbeat yet remarkably touching romantic comedy.
AKA: Take Care Of Your Scarf, Tatiana Finland: 1994
Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpää (Matti Pellonpaa) Dark Comedy / Comedy
Plot: This droll tale of longing and awkward romance follows two misfits – a coffee addict and a vodka-soaked mechanic – as they hit the road in their Soviet-built Volga.
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