Seven Close Encounters 2018 / Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana / Finland 1994
Aleš Najbrt presents
Aki Kaurismäki’s style is immediately apparent. An economical approach and an ability – ostensibly employing the simplest means possible – to capture the essence of people and of life’s principal values. A flair for evoking an atmosphere in which melancholy blends with gentle irony. And this unconventional road movie documents the filmmaker’s penchant for his own perennial heroes and stories – diffident outsiders and their rarely fulfilled desire for happiness.
Aleš Najbrt presents
“A grand ride in a black Volga filled with coffee, vodka, cigarettes, and rock ’n’ roll. Aki Kaurismäki demonstrates how thin the border between East and West really is. If any of you out there haven’t yet seen this gentle Finnish road movie, don’t miss it!”
Aki Kaurismäki’s style is immediately apparent. An economical approach and an ability – ostensibly employing the simplest means possible – to capture the essence of people and of life’s principal values. A flair for evoking an atmosphere in which melancholy blends with gentle irony. And this unconventional road movie documents the filmmaker’s penchant for his own perennial heroes and stories – diffident outsiders and their rarely fulfilled desire for happiness.
Zdena Škapová
60 min / Black & white, DCP
Director Aki Kaurismäki
/ Screenplay Sakke Järvenpää, Aki Kaurismäki
/ Dir. of Photography Timo Salminen
/ Music Veikko Tuomi
/ Editor Aki Kaurismäki
/ Art Director Kari Laine, Markku Pätilä, Jukka Salmi
/ Producer Aki Kaurismäki
/ Production Sputnik
/ Coproduction Pandora Filmproduktion, Yleisradio (YLE)
/ Cast Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpää, Kirsi Tykkyläinen, Mato Valtonen. Elina Salo
/ Sales The Match Factory
/ Contact The Finnish Film Foundation
/ Distributor Aerofilms
Aki Kaurismäki (b. 1957, Orimattila, Finland). Selected filmography: Shadows in Paradise (1986), Ariel (1988), Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989), I Hired a Contract Killer (1990), The Match Factory Girl (1990), La Vie de Bohème (1992), Drifting Clouds (1996), Juha (1999), The Man Without a Past (2002), Lights in the Dusk (2006), Le Havre (2011), The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Aerofilms
Milady Horákové 383/79, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 947 566
E-mail: [email protected]
The Match Factory
Domstrasse 60, 50668, Cologne
Germany
Phone: +49 221 539 7090
E-mail: [email protected]
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12, 2nd floor, 00160, Helsinki
Finland
Phone: +358 962 203 00
Fax: +358 962 203 050
E-mail: [email protected]
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