Overview of articles
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A Man’s Job
Thirty-something Juha is ashamed of being sacked and keeps this hidden from his family. He tries to work as an odd job man but his…Published on: -
Juha
Kaurismäki, the master of sober cinema, has exploited all the conventions of silent film to tell a simple story of a man and a woman…Published on: -
Mies etsii miestä
Sober family drama about father and son who meet in an unexpected way some years later.Published on: -
Frozen Land
Prize-winning film with episodic narrative lines, in which a forged 500 euro note plays the leading role, tackle social problems in Finnish society.Published on: -
Consolation Service
Three-part film about themes such as endings, death and time seen from the perspective of a young woman.Published on: -
The Man Without a Past
Humorous, absurd love story is a new high point in the oeuvre of Kaurismäki. About the strange relationship between a man who has lost his…Published on: -
The Annunciation
The Annunciation represents the moment when an angel appears to Mary to tell her that she has been impregnated by God. At the end something…Published on: -
Fruits of the Loom
In search of unrealised paradises, a communist and a capitalist break into summer homes to build a new future.Published on: -
The Driver
When romance develops between a driver at the racecourse and his pupil, he has to choose: her, or his wife? But decision-making is not his…Published on: -
Kudryavka – Little Ball of Hair
Playful, funny found-footage film about the launch of Laika the dog into space by the Soviet Union in 1957.Published on: