Varjoja paratiisissa / Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a co-worker, an affair and much more.
Starring: Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Rikos ja rangaistus / Crime and Punishment (1983)
Crime | Drama
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, set in modern Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions.
Starring: Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Matti Pellonpää
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö / The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Comedy | Drama
Iris has a dead-end job in a match-factory, lives with her dour and forbidding parents, and her social life is a disaster. But when she is made pregnant after a one-night stand by a man who…
Starring: Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Hamlet liikemaailmassa / Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. After the death of his father, young Hamlet inherits a seat on the board of a company controlled by his uncle that…
Starring: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Esko Salminen, Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Kari Väänänen
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
