Aki Kaurismäki

Aki Kaurismäki at IFFR

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  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 on a farm. Their

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  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 memory and

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• I Hired a Contract killer
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  Centro histórico

  A layered omnibus film on the historic town of Guimarães in Northern Portugal, with contributions from maestros Costa, Erice and (local residen

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  Aaltra

  The definitive euro road movie for wheelchairs. Undercooled, tragi-comic irreverences from Walloon Belgium, in beautiful black & white Cinemascope, wi

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  Le Havre

  An optimistic fairytale about a selfish old man who betters his life by helping a young African refugee. Heartwarming and drily comic scenes in the Fr

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• Kauas pilvet karkaavat

  Latest impressive film by productive, idiosyncratic Kaurismäki is a psychological sketch of unemployment.

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