Aki Kaurismäki — Playwright (37)
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I Hired a Contract Killer [Performance] Douban
I Hired a Contract Killer
genre: theater playwright: Aki Kaurismäki
other title: 我聘请了职业杀手 / Am angajat un ucigaș profesionist troupe: 罗马尼亚锡比乌国家剧院 theater: 罗马尼亚锡比乌国家剧院 director: Radu-Alexandru Nica



After fifteen years' service, Henri Boulanger is made redundant from his job. Shocked, he attempts suicide, but can't go through with it, so he hires a contract killer in a seedy bar to murder him at some unspecified time in the future. But almost immediately he meets and falls in love with Margaret, a flower-seller, which makes Henri realize that his life has some meaning after all. But when he goes back to the bar to cancel the contract, he finds it has been demolished - and there's no way he can get in touch with the killer...

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Tavern Man (2012) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb
O Tasqueiro
director: 阿基·考里斯马基 actor: Ilkka Koivula
other title: O Tasqueiro
A typical day in the life of a lonely man who works in an unsuccessful tavern located in the historical center of Guimarães, an old town in Portugal. During the day, the man spends his time coming up with new menu items for his tavern, while at night he gets ready to meet someone special.
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Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla (2013) [Movie] Douban
director: 阿基·考里斯马基
1988年，芬兰创作音乐人Juice Leskinen和他的Grand Slam乐队在坦布雷演出Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla，考里斯马利基编排了这次演出并拍摄下来。直到2013年3月的坦布雷电影节，这部短片才在当年的演出场地进行了首映。而Juice Leskinen与登台的考氏御用男演员Matti Pellonpää 均已过世多年。
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Valimo (2006) [Movie] Douban
Valimo
7.0 (8 ratings) director: 阿基·考里斯马基 actor: Matti Hyvönen / Arto Malmberg …
other title: 铸造工厂
阿基·考里斯马基的短片遗珠，连IMDB都未收录
The men work in the foundry day and night. Finally they get hungry.
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Arvottomat (1982) [Movie] Douban
Arvottomat
director: 米卡·考里斯马基 actor: 阿基·考里斯马基 / Veikko Aaltonen …
other title: 无足轻重 / 毫无价值 …
A criminal, his friend and his former girlfriend find their lives intertwining with each other.
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Jackpot 2 (1982) [Movie] Douban
director: 米卡·考里斯马基 actor: Tiina Bergström / Asmo Hurula …
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脏手 (1989) [Movie] Douban
Likaiset kädet
director: 阿基·考里斯马基 actor: 苏勒维·佩尔托拉 / 马蒂·佩龙帕 …
other title: Likaiset kädet / Dirty Hands
Kaurismäki's TV adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's play Les Mains Sales (Dirty Hands) tells the story of Hugo (Matti Pellonpää) who has just been released from prison. Before going to prison, he has worked as a journalist at his party's newspaper. This timid journalist, who uses the pseudonym Raskolnikov, wants to advance in his career and gets his chance when Hoederer (Sulevi Peltola), the leader of the party, has to be eliminated.
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Rocky VI (1986) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Rocky VI
5.9 (10 ratings) director: 阿基·考里斯马基 actor: 海内西尔卡 / Juuso Hirvikangas …
other title: 洛奇 VI / 록키 6 …
Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki is actually meant as a parody of the late Cold War-era Rocky IV, which saw Stallone's character taking on a juiced-up Russian fighter played by Dolph Lundgren. In this 1986 send-up, Rock'y, played by Silu Seppala, goes head to head with Soviet Igor (Sakari Kuosmanen) and loses.
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Total Balalaika Show (1994) [Movie] TMDB Douban Eggplant.place IMDb WikiData
Leningrad Cowboys Total Balalaika Show
8.3 (15 ratings) director: 阿基·考里斯马基 Aki Kaurismaki actor: Twist-Twist Erkinharju / Ben Granfelt …
other title: 牛仔撞红军超级演唱会 / Leningrad Cowboys Total Balalaika Show …
A 57-minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like "Sweet Home, Alabama") as well as more traditional Russian songs like the "Volga Boatman."
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Bico (2004) [Movie] Douban
Bico
7.2 (5 ratings) director: 阿基·考里斯马基
other title: 比客村
Shot in Portugal, this lyrical documentary is a story of a small mountain village that lives in its own time amidst changes that shape history. The film tells of the past of the village, of the structural changes it has faced, and of men who have to leave the village for long periods of time because of their stonecutting work. When the men are gone, the women rule this village surrounded by snowy mountains, and sheep and cattle wander on once green fields while dogs protect them from the wolves.
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Valehtelija (1981) [Movie] Douban
Valehtelija
7.1 (13 ratings) director: 米卡·考里斯马基 actor: 阿基·考里斯马基 / Pirkko Hämäläinen …
other title: 撒谎者 / The Liar
青年维尔（Aki Kaurismäki 饰）整日无所事事，勤于用奉承话儿逗那些大街上的陌生姑娘，有时也从她们手中骗点喝酒的零钱，维尔的主要收入来源于各式朋友、熟人，他用各种谎话借钱之余，也和几个浪荡青年、知识分子流连酒吧，谈论哲学文学的话题。维尔在游乐场偶遇游艺女郎图拉，维尔将她拽走，向她灌输自尊的重要，并表示自己可以担负养家的责任，二人生活到了同一屋檐下，但维尔毫无改变，执着于自己那发表前景并不明朗的写作事业，依靠骗钱与偶发性的盗窃度日。二人终于吵翻，图拉离他而去，当两人再一次在街上相遇，维尔像自己看过的那场新浪潮电影一样，给出了一个荒诞的结局。
本片获1981年芬兰坦佩雷国际短片电影节Risto Jarva奖。
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王子复仇新记 (1987) [Movie] Douban
Hamlet liikemaailmassa
7.7 (13 ratings) director: 阿基·考里斯马基 actor: 皮尔卡-佩卡·彼得柳斯 / 艾斯可·萨尔米宁 …
other title: Hamlet liikemaailmassa / Hamlet Goes Business
哈姆雷特（皮尔卡-佩卡·彼得柳斯 Pirkka-Pekka Petelius 饰）的父亲遭到了其妻子的谋杀，在杀死了丈夫后，哈姆雷特的母亲和情人克劳斯（艾斯可·萨尔米宁 Esko Salminen 饰）正大光明的走到了一起，两人掌管了原本属于哈姆雷特父亲的企业。阴魂不散的父亲现身在哈姆雷特的面前，希望儿子能够帮自己报仇。
野心勃勃的哈姆雷特开始了他的复仇计划，在向上攀爬的过程中，哈姆雷特渐渐失去了人性，令他的恋人奥菲利亚（卡蒂·奥廷宁 Kati Outinen 饰）永远的离开了他。最终，哈姆雷特成功的铲除了克劳斯，夺得了企业的掌控权，但属于他的复仇也在渐渐的逼近着他。
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Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
7.1 (40 ratings) director: 阿基·考里斯马基 actor: Twist-Twist Erkinharju / Ben Granfelt …
other title: 列宁格勒牛仔搭摩西 / 레닌그라드 카우보이 모세를 만나다 …
After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vladimir, who now calls himself Moses lead them on their way home.