Sakari Kuosmanen

Usta yönetmen Aki Kaurismäki'nin Cannes'da herkesin yüreğini ısıtan son filmi, dünyanın halini dert edinen tatlı ve hüzünlü bir romantik komedi. İki yabancı Helsinki'de bir gece tesadüfen karşılaşır. Hayatlarının ilk, tek ve son aşkının arayışındadır ikisi de. Ne var ki adamın alkolik oluşu, kaybedilen telefon numaraları, birbirlerinin adlarını bilmemeleri ve hayatın genelde mutluluk arayanların yoluna taş koyması gibi nedenlerle işler yolunda gitmez. Trajediyle komediyi şahane bir ustalıkla dengeleyen Sararmış Yapraklar Kaurismäki'ye has sessiz kopukluklar, Nordik mizah, melankoli ve şarkılarla dolu. Sararmış Yapraklar Finlandiya'nın Oscar adayı oldu.

Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Roma ve Helskinki... Birbirlerinden ne kadar uzak olurlarsa olsunlar, bu şehirlerin birçok ortak öğeleri vardır. Bunlardan bir tanesi de elbette ki sokakları gündüz-gece turlayan taksi şoförleridir. Beş şehirde, beş farklı taksi şoförü, müşterileriyle ilginç bir yolculuğa çıkacaklardır. Los Angeles'ta taksiyle evine giderken iş bağlamaya çalışan bir menajer, aradığı yıldızı taksi şoföründe keşfeder… New York'ta palyaçoya benzeyen ve şair gibi konuşan Alman bir taksi şoförü direksiyonu müşterisine bırakır… Paris'te yakışıklı Afrikalı bir adamın taksisine binen kör bir kadın arasında beklemediği bir etkileşim olur… Roma'da arabasına binen rahibe günah çıkarmaya çalışan şoför, müşterisinin ölmek üzere olduğunun farkında bile değildir…

Bir tarafta Helsinki'de yaşayan suratsız ve soğuk bir adam olan restoran sahibi Wickström, diğer tarafta ise bombalarla sarsılan Halep'ten kaçarak kız kardeşi ile yollara düşen Suriyeli bir göçmen, Khaled. Bu uzun yolculukta kız kardeşi kaybolur ve Khaled bir geminin kazan dairesinde Helsinki'ye varır. Adeta bir uzaylı gibi gezdiği Finlandiya'da göçmenlik başvurusu yapan Khaled'i bürokratik saçmalıklar rahat bırakmaz ve göçmenlik bürosu, Halep'te bir sorun olmadığını, o yüzden ülkesine geri dönmesi gerektiğini söyler. Bir yandan da kız kardeşini bulmaya çalışan Khaled, Wickström'ün restoranında yaşamaya başlar. Bu birbirinden tamamen farklı iki insan hem iş arkadaşı hem de dost olurken dünya da her zamanki gibi dönmeye devam edecektir.

Film kısa süre önce babası intihar eden ve kendisi de işlemediği bir cinayet yüzünden suçlanan Finlandiyalı maden işçisi Taisto Kasurinen'in hikayesini anlatır. Hapisteyken ülkeyi terk etmek ve yeni bir hayata başlamakla ilgili hayaller kurmaya başlar. Sonunda hapisten kaçar ama işler planladığı gibi gitmez...

Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop between them.

Bir adam kendisine yeni bir hayat kurmak için Helsinki'ye gelir. Amacı yeni bir iş bulmaktır. Fakat ölesiye dayak yedikten sonra tüm hafızasını kaybeder.. Soğukkanlılığını korumaya çalışarak, ayakta durmaya çalışır. Kendisine yardımcı olmak isteyen çok fazla gönüllü çıkmaz. İş ve işçi bulma kurumundan da herhangi bir sonuç çıkmayınca, Kurtuluş Ordusu'na yardımcı olmaya başlar. Ordunun bandosu yeni bir uğraşın kapısını aralayacaktır. Fakat hatırlayamadığı geçmişi, kendisine pusu kurmuş beklemektedir!. Aki Kaurismäki'nin Finlandiya üçlemesinin ikinci ayağı olan yapım, 2002 yılının en başarılı filmlerinden biri oldu. Cannes'da Jüri Büyük Ödülü'nü kazanmasının ardından gösterildiği tüm festivallerde olağanüstü bir heyecanla karşılandı...

The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.

A Finnish taxi driver in Berlin gets in over his head when he accepts a fare from two men with briefcases full of money stolen from ruthless gangsters.

Rakel is a strict Christian believer living in the far north of 1930s Sweden. When her husband forms a sectarian movement, with directions straight from God, she has no choice but to join the increasingly explicit cult.

Tramvay şoförü Lauri işsiz kalır. Kısa bir süre sonra eşi Ilona’nın şef garson olarak çalıştığı restoran kapanır. Sosyal sigorta sisteminden para almak konusunda çok gururlu oldukları için yeni işler bulmaya çalışırlar. Ama tamamen şanssız ve beceriksizdirler, felaketin biri diğerini takip eder.

The story recounts the breakup of a thirty-something professional couple - Juhani, a family therapist, and his wife, Tuula, a successful business trainer.

A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off for a better existence in the magical seaside district of Eira. But the way is long, and the group face many hurdles including stray dogs and defunct streetlights.

When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner.

The Judge (Mait Malmsten) is a man who represents strict rules and laws in the courtroom. However, his own personal life is an absolute mess. After the judge makes a decision to give a long prison sentence to a woman, the woman’s brother (Märt Avandi) starts following the judge to change his mind about the verdict. The judge stays adamant. The verdict is final. A conflict takes place between the men, resulting in the judge suddenly becoming a criminal himself. Unable to confess his crime, the judge escapes to Finland, where a series of comedic twists and turns lead him to a number of strange people and comical situations. However, the shadows of his dark deeds keep haunting him. To leave his dark crime behind and to fix his earlier decisions, the judge returns home.

An overweight boy who was a bullied at school grew up to become a beloved comedian, folk artist Jope Ruonansuu. He was a versatile entertainer, but above all an impressionist, able to imitate more than 150 characters from the ruling class. Jope's journey was a natural extension of the post-war "Rillumarei" -culture. He broke through when the monoculturalism was at its most vibrant and grew in popularity as it began to crumble. With weight loss surgery, Jope sought a healthier life, but also to shed the extra pounds and childhood traumas. After the surgery, he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer, but continued to fight, developing a number of different projects, including an anti-bullying campaign together with the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö. The project was to culminate in a joint visit to Syväkangas school, in Jope's home town of Kemi. Jope passed away before then, but Niinistö kept his promise.

A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt. He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!

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

Niina, a single mother working for a small-town newspaper, is drawn into an investigation into the fall of a Soviet missile that upends her life and that of her small northern village.

Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.

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.

This rollicking sports comedy from Finnish director Markku Polonen follows the exploits of Seppo 'Sladi' Pesonen, an ex-top-tiered race car driver now reduced to instructing students at a driving school. To relieve the monotony of this undesired career, Pesonen builds "Team Susan," a road rally team based at Pekkarinen's Garage in the Finnish countryside. Soon, Sladi's nephew Luumu arrives from Helsinki and learns of the team, his enthusiasm skyrockets and he hops on board with the assist of mechanic Suko. Yet the men encounter Machiavellian sabotage at the hands of the vile Torppo, the owner of the lot that contains Pekkarinen's Garage, who is determined to interfere with the plans of Team Susan.

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."

The mystical and thrilling drama asks what sort of reality can give our life meaning. The film tells the story of Pia (38), an ophthalmologist, whose marriage has recently ended because she was not able to have children. As she strives to move forward with her life, Pia learns the unknown but also finds her inner strength. Unexpectedly, her deepest wish to become a mother materializes, but not quite in the way she imagined it.

The story of Kari Tapio, who sang his way into the hearts of the Finns in the 70's and whose popularity lasted until his death in 2010.

Humoristic police series made by Kummeli comedy group. It includes some characters from Kummeli TV-series.

Jaakko, a mushroom entrepreneur, finds out too late that he has been fatally slow-poisoned by persons unknown. He sets out to find the culprits before he dies.