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Aki Kaurismäki

5.7 53 mins Documentary   2001
Audiovisuel Multimedia International Production (AMIP)   ARTE   Sputnik   INA  
Director(s): Guy Girard

Release Date: 22 Sun, Apr 2001

Aki Kaurismäki, the celebrated Finnish filmmaker behind The Man Without a Past (Grand Prix du Jury, Cannes Film Festival 2002) and landmark works including Ariel, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, and Drifting Clouds, is the focus of AKI KAURISMÄKI, the latest release in the Cinema, of Our Time series. The younger half of Finland’s most prolific and irreverent filmmaking partnership, Kaurismäki, alongside his brother Mika Kaurismäki, was instrumental in shaping what became known as the New Finnish Cinema. Since 1981, he has directed twenty-two films, many of which are featured through excerpts in this documentary.

Casts of Aki Kaurismäki

Aki Kaurismäki

as Self

Kati Outinen

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Peter von Bagh

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