Mika Kaurismäki — Director (24)

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Honey Baby (2004)
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other title: 親愛的寶貝 / 亲爱的宝贝
An American, with a past as a successful musician, makes a living by playing at weddings and the likes in Germany. Then he gets an offer to tour in East Europe. During his travels he gets insight and finds true love.

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Vesku from Finland (2010)
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other title: Vesku
"Vesku from Finland" is a film about Vesa-Matti Loiri alias Vesku, probably the most popular film and TV comedian in Finland. He has created a significant career also as a singer, performer, writer and as a sportsman. He has recorded several albums, from folk songs and couplets to tangos. Some of his recordings are based on the lyrics of Hermann Hesse or Eino Leino, the infamous Finnish poet. During his unique career he has played in more than 60 films and recorded 30 albums.

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Three Wise Men (2008)
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other title: Un conte finlandais / Kolme viisasta miestä
Three middle aged men, long time friends, get together in a normally closed Karaoke bar to drink their failed lives away. Secrets are revealed and sometimes discovered and they sing their miseries one by one during Karaoke sessions. The arrival of a lone woman to the bar will facilitate revealing of the final secret.

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Welcome to São Paulo (2004)
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other title: Bem-Vindo a São Paulo / 欢迎来到圣保罗
All the feature is given prestige to by the narration in Caetano Veloso's voice, that also signs one of the segments of the project. São Paulo is the largest city of the Southern Hemisphere, with an incessant dynamics of cultural mixtures, with immigrants of all the world and migrants of all parts of Brazil. The gathering of these peculiarities are seen through the 13 film directors's sensibilities and their segments.

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Danish Girls Show Everything (1996)
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other title: Danske piger viser alt
Despite its suggestive title, this multi-part Danish omnibus film is not a work of exploitation. Instead, it presents 20 different short films (back-to-back) on the general theme of Danish women, directed by filmmakers including Krzysztof Zanussi, Monika Treut, Gustav Hamos, David Blair, Vibeke Vogel, Dusan Makavejev, Morten Skallerud and Lars Norgaard. Some dramatic vignettes mix with other comedic ones, but all are offbeat and experimental. The picture includes one animated sequence (by Norgaard).

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The Grump: In Search of an Escort (2022)
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other title: Grump / 怪老爹上路中 …
Grump's life follows the same familiar routines: spring is here and the early potato harvest is ripening. But Grump crashes his beloved Ford Escort and the car has to be scrapped. A new, modern vehicle is no match for quality and the nearest Escort, a 1972 model, can be found in Germany. When the Grumps's sons refuse to help, he must travel to Germany alone.

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Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994)
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other title: 未完成的影片 / 蒂格雷羅:一部從未完成的電影 …
The unique film set within a Karaja village in Brazil's Mato Grosso, Jim Jarmusch listens while Sam Fuller describes the 1950's "Tigrero" movie that he was unable to make. It also profiles the Karaja people. The non-film "Tigrero" had a fascinating history. The name was purchased off a novel by 20th Century Fox by Darryl F. Zanuck. Screen writer Fuller was sent to Brazil to come up with the story. There between two jungle rivers, he meets the Karajas who allow him to film their ceremonies and their village. Upon returning, he wrote a blockbuster film which would have starred John Wayne, Tyrone Power, and Ava Gardner. Because it was to be filmed in the dangerous jungle, Fox nixed the project. A lot of this movie focuses on Jarmusch interacting with the natives. The two also discuss Fuller's career and religion. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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Sound of Brazil (2002)
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other title: 巴西之声 / MORO NO BRASIL …
Mika Kaurismaki's documentary Moro No Brasil features performances by a variety of Brazilian musical artists, intertwined with interviews of every day Brazilians in order to give the viewer a portrait of Brazilian culture. The film includes performances by Silberio Pessoa, Darue Malungo, and Antonio Nobrega. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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THE SOOUND OF RIO (2005)
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other title: 里约之声 / Brasileirinho - Grandes Encontros do Choro
<里约之声>, 2005 年完成的《 Brasileirinho 》是导演继续纪录巴西音乐的新作。<里约之声>着重介绍早于现在为人熟知的桑巴和芭莎诺娃的梭洛(Choro). 同样不可错过。

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Master Cheng (2019)
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米卡·考里斯马基 actor: 卡里·瓦纳宁 / 马蒂·洛伊里 …
other title: 郑师傅 / Mestari Cheng …
Following the death of his wife, professional chef CHENG travels with his young son to a remote village in Finland to connect with an old Finnish friend he once met in Shanghai. Upon arrival, nobody in the village seems to know his friend but local café owner Sirkka offers him accommodation and in return Cheng helps her in the kitchen surprising the locals with the delights of Chinese cuisine. Gradually his cooking encourages these vastly different cultures to connect and Cheng is soon a celebrated member of the community. Unfortunately his tourist visa is soon to run out and it's up to the villagers to come up with a plan to help him stay.

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Road North (2012)
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米卡·考里斯马基 actor: 马蒂·洛伊里 / 萨穆里·埃德尔曼 …
other title: 北上 / Tie Pohjoiseen …
鋼琴家提摩事業有成,但不懂得生活,導致妻子帶著孩子離開他。他的父親在消失35年後忽然出現,要和他一起來趟公路旅行,父子關係重新建立

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The Saimaa Gesture (1981)
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other title: 塞马湖现象 / Saimaa-ilmiö …
The movie "Saimaa-Ilmiö" goes deep to Finnish rock-culture and artists behind the swing. Later all bands playing in the movie as kind of young rebels, has been continuing making their art and most of them are today legends or superstars in genre of Finland. Movie has one other function lovely for my opinion. Men are sailing over biggest lake of Finland, they are drinking a little bit of beer, having sauna and so on. They are laughing, telling dirty and simple jokes, sitting quietly and speaking nothing. They are like ordinary Finnish men, only difference is the art of making touching music and make people laugh or cry with them.