Markku Peltola

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)

Seven internationally respected filmmakers offer different perspectives on time and fate -- some witty, some somber -- in this omnibus film, with the stories linked by performances from jazz great Hugh Masekela.

On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions.

In summer that year, a small Japanese eating-house opened on a street corner in Helsinki by the name of Kamome Diner. Shopkeeper Sachie is 38-year-old. The menus she recommends are "soul foods" that carry the Japanese spirit and "onigiri" (rice balls), which Sachie strongly believes in... (kamome-movie.com)

Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far away place and a far away time, in the cold north, in modern Finland... (imdb)

A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel. (imdb)

A group of film makers fall victim to a deadly nightmare, when the camera of a faux snuff horror film turns to the real deal. (LostInLodos)

V2 - Dead Angel is a tough action thriller with a cast of cartoon-like characters. In the middle of the action is private eye and a die-hard law student Jussi Vares, a creation familiar from the detective stories by Reijo Maki... (solarfilms.com)

Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange request: he wants Esa to maltreat him. Esa accepts this request, but he is not aware of Lindström's bad intentions. (imdb)