Mika Kaurismäki — Playwright (6)

Movie

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.

Movie

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.

Movie

Sound of Brazil (2002)
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米卡·考里斯马基 actor: Walter Alfaiate / Velha Guarda da Mangueira …
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

Movie

The Saimaa Gesture (1981)
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Aki Kaurismäki / 米卡·考里斯马基 actor: Juice Leskinen / Vesa Sytelä …
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.