Quirky, deadpan, seriocomic portrait of losers living on the edge, from a man who has forged a career out of making such portraits: Finland's Aki Kaurismäki. Though perhaps best compared to American filmmaker Jim Jarmusch in terms of his pacing and style, Kaurismäki is little-known outside of Europe; perhaps his films' dour wit rarely translates into dollar signs for US… read more!