Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpaa
The movie tells the story of Taisto Kasurinen, a finnish coal miner whose father has just committed suicide and who is framed for a crime he did not commit. In jail, he starts to dream about leaving t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 23, 2008
Stats: 55 reviews
Taisto has almost nothing: no money, no family, no friend. The coal mine where he worked has closed down and he can only count on his white Cadillac with no roof to travel from Lapland to Helsinki in search of a new job and a new life.
The second installment in Kaurismäki's '...( read more)
Taisto (Turo Pajala) is the archetypal Kaurismäki anti-hero. His unkempt, impassive demeanor serves as a disarming, impenetrable defense mechanism against the seeming absurdity of his hapless life. The film opens to the activity of a mine shutdown, as Taisto and his coworkers res...( read more)
A simple film where we see the depressing state of life in the developed world but yet, the humour is everywhere if you want to see it. I mean, this film is short but full of a strange force, which makes this a very valuable lesson in a sense.
You've no job, no money, no luck but you do at least have a vintage Cadillac, so what more do you need? Hugely enjoyable Finnish noir with Turo Pajala excellent as the Nick Cave-like down-at-heel hero.
At a brief but totally satisfying 71 minutes i recommend this as an antidote ...( read more)
An extremely consequent and well achieved melancholic film about the wide gap between peoples actions and how they are recieved by others. Kaurismäki is obviously influenced by Camus and Kafka in his manner of not psychologizing his characters, a thing that certainly and unfortun...( read more)
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