Aki Kaurismäki

Activities : Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Editor
Date of Birth : 04/04/1957

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Recent filmography (French films only)Complete filmography (7 films)

Havre (2010) Director : Aki Kaurismäki Actors : André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Évelyne Didi, Blondin Miguel... Associate production company : Pyramide Productions Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Marcel Marx, a former author and a well-known Bohemian, has retreated into voluntary exile in the port city of Le Havre. Here he pursues the honorable, but not so profitable, occupation of shoeshiner; he feels closer to people...

To Each His Own Cinema (2007) Directors : Théo Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August, Jane Campion, Youssef Chahine... Associate production company : Elzévir Films Genres : Fiction Synopsis : This collection of sketches was made to celebrate the Cannes Film Festival's 60th anniversary. 35 filmmakers from 25 countries each made a 3-minute film whose theme was the movie theater.

Lights In The Dusk (2006) Director : Aki Kaurismäki Actors : Janne Hyytiäinen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Maria Heiskanen, Ilkka Koivula Co-production : Pyramide Productions, Arte France Cinéma Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Lights in the Dusk completes the trilogy that began with Drifting Clouds and The Man Without a Past. The first film deals with the theme of unemployment, the second talks about the homeless, and Lights in the Dusk looks at...

Aaltra (2004) Directors : Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern Actors : Jan Bucquoy, Aki Kaurismäki, Jason Flemyng, Benoît Poelvoorde, Noël Godin... Co-production : OF2B Productions Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Somewhere in the North of France, in the middle of nowhere, two neighbors live opposite each other. One is a farmer, the other a teleworker. They're both exploited in their jobs and in their lives. They get on each other's nerves...

Man Without a Past (The) (2001) Director : Aki Kaurismäki Actors : Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, sakari Kuosmanen... Co-production : Arte France Cinéma, Pandora, Pyramide Productions Genres : Fiction Synopsis : A man without a name arrives in a foreign city and is almost beaten to death. So begins this epic drama, a film – or should I say dream – where lonely hearts with empty pockets wander beneath the heavens of Our Lord – or should I...

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994) Director : Aki Kaurismäki Actors : André Wilms, Les Leningrad Cowboys, Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänanen Co-production : Orsans Productions, Pyramide Productions, Arte France Cinéma Genres : Fiction Synopsis : After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the worst rock'n roll band in the world set off back home, to their native village in Siberia. They are guided by their former manager, Vladimir, who now calls himself...

Festival Selections (2)

	Cesar Awards - French film industry awards - 2012 Meilleur réalisateur : Havre Type : Awards Location : France
	Lumiere Awards - 2012 Meilleur réalisateur : Havre Type : Awards Location : France