Mika Kaurismäki Movies

Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets...

Eric, a successful Finnish conductor, has time to relax by the ocean after work in Rio de Janeiro. He finds it hard to forget an encounter with an...

A father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to set on a journey through Finland, so they can learn to know each other...

Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the...

The three men enjoy the evening at a bar whose fate is threatened by pandemic restrictions. Bartender Heikki offers discussion help to his friend...

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...

A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to...

While on a shopping trip, Grump smells Saimi, a woman who smells just right and throws the whole man in a state of confusion. The Grump would not...

The film aims to reveal what the general public has been unable to see: the modest and mysterious inner world of Jari Litmanen. In addition to...

Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South...

Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.

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,...

A musical documentary and tribute about "choro", an older style of playing that forms the foundation of all Brazilian composition, including samba...

Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining...

Prison guard falls in love with inmate. She wants him to let her escape.

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

"Vesku from Finland" is a film about Vesa-Matti Loiri alias Vesku, probably the most popular film and TV comedian in Finland. He has created a...

Lauri Valjakka, a lecturer at the Department of Sociology, is thoroughly fed up with his family, whom he refers to as a "consumption unit," and his...

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

Documentary on the history of Ryhmäteatteri theatre company.