Esko Nikkari

The second installation of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland Trilogy," this touching and amusing film portrays a man who must start his life anew when he is brutally mugged and loses his memory. (Sony Pictures Classics)

The recession hits a couple in Helsinki. (imdb)

Iris has a dead-end job in a match-factory, lives with her dour and forbidding parents, and her social life is a disaster... (imdb)

A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. After the death of his father, young Hamlet inherits a seat on the board of a company controlled by his uncle that decides to move into the rubber duck market. (imdb)

Topi's mother, who is also Tenho's wife dies and Tenho and Topi have to move out from the town because they don't have enough money to pay their rent. Tenho gets a job as a lumberjack (which by the way is the title in Finnish). The movie tells the story about Tenho and his 10 years old son who both have to grow up in the same summer. (imdb)

Lonely Tuukka catches fish by the river and meets a mysterious old miller and former sailor, the Parrot Man, who teaches him the magic of the forest. (imdb)

A comedy in the Pekko series, as Pekko investigates the suspicious man his friend is about to marry.

Martti Suosalo transforms himself into Irwin Goodman, and takes us through the singer's life. Written by his longtime friend and manager Vexi Salmi, the movie is apparently as close to the real life of Irwin as we can get. In addition to being the story of Irwin, the movie also looks at the transformation of Finnish society from the post-war years to the 70s and 80s. (imdb)

Based on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this late-80's comedy builds its dark humour on the stereotypical mentality of the northern part of Finland. (IMDB Comments)

Erkki Hakala returns home from America. (imdb)

A criminal, his friend and his former girlfriend find their lives intertwining with each other. (imdb)

An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a co-worker, an affair and much more. (imdb)

An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, updated to present-day Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions... (imdb)

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