
Chelaf Abdeslam
2021Arvottomat
Mika Kaurismäki
Matti Pellonpää, Pirkko Hämäläinen
Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives. After Manne steals a priceless painting from a group of petty criminals, Manne and Harri flee from the gangsters across Finland, while Ville goes to Paris. On the road they meet Veera, an old girlfriend of Harri's, and try to avoid the gangsters in pursuit.
The Worthless
Aleksis Kiven elämä
Jari Halonen
Marko Tiusanen, Jari Salmi
Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872) was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, "Seven Brothers/Seitsemän veljestä". Although Kivi was among the very earliest authors of prose and lyrics in Finnish language, he is still considered one of the greatest of them all.
The Life of Aleksis Kivi
Back to the USSR - takaisin Ryssiin
Jari Halonen
Jorma Tommila, Taisto Reimaluoto
Reima Elo ends up trying to commit suicide when he is abandoned by his wife Molla. He is also the village's laughing stock due to his communism. At a critical moment, a Lenin lookalike from Russia named Vladimir rescues him.
Back to the USSR
Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma
Jari Halonen
Jorma Tommila, Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
The 21st-century tale centers on taciturn detective Lipton Cockton as he looks into a series of murders involving exploding victims. The main clue in the case is the white halter dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the subway vent scene in The Seven Year Itch. This clue directs Cockton to the highest levels of the super company LTD Prods. But though Cockton tries and tries, he cannot get there and ends up himself blown to smithereens.
Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma