Overview of articles
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Two Years in Finland
Angelina Vázquez muses on her cultural identity as she takes stock of the exile situation.Published on: -
Children of War and Peace
A nation’s chilling desire for war and the toll it took on its children.Published on: -
Ripa hits the skids
Director can’t get off the booze. Black humour produced by Aki Kaurismäki.Published on: -
Skarpnabba
A kind-hearted middle-aged truck driver and his teenage daughter navigate rural life in 1960s Finland, in service of the local community. While helpinPublished on: -
7 PM on a Sunday
Laura’s (42) seemingly perfect daughter Ida (15) confesses to causing her 15-year-old friend’s death. When the police investigation beginsPublished on: -
Rock’n’Roll Never Dies
A dry comic parable about an idealistic and naive late bloomer. He wants a career as guitarist and singer but doesn’t allow himself to be…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: -
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: