Aki Kaurismäki Movies

After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager...

In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end...

A portrait of the legendary actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, icon of the French New Wave and closely linked to the work of François Truffaut...

A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The...

The story of an overly protective and controlling father who suspects incest is taking place between his own son and daughter. These growing...

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

Redbeard leaves Finland to spend time in Berlin wandering in and out of bars. He meets up with a beautiful Italian waitress, who spends one night...

Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives. After Manne steals a priceless painting from...

The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries

The relationship between a father and his son is an infinite story with very few words. Silence is golden when it comes to expressing emotions.

Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.

At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

Former student Rahikainen is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police,...

Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and...

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

April is the Cruelest of Months is a 1983 film directed by Suvi-Marja Korvenheimo, also known as Anssi Mänttäri, and the final part of the...

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...

Jonathan Ross interviews the inscrutable Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki at The Midnight Sun Film Festival during the release of 'The Match...

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