His films are a little grotesque. He loves movies built like "bad stories." He shoots many-sided, rather straightforward, and this is his handwriting. The name of the cult director is Aki Kaurismäki. And he's a genius. Here are just a few of his works: "The Girl from the Match Factory", "The Life of a Bohemia", "A Man Without a Past", "Juha", "Tatiana, take care of the scarf."
"Girl from the Match Factory" (1990)
Iris is an ugly girl who works in a match factory. Her life is boring and filled with constant humiliation. She brings her salary home to her mother and stepfather, and considers the local disco, where she runs in the vain hope of meeting someone, as her only joy. And then one day she decides to drastically change her life: she buys a pink dress and immediately spends the night with a stranger. However, this trick only aggravated the girl's situation: her pregnancy led to a new wave of humiliation. But this time Iris will not allow herself to be mocked, and her offenders will bitterly regret …
"Bohemian Life" (1992)
Paris is a city capable of drastically changing the fate of people. Three artists were able to be convinced of this, finding themselves in the French capital without a livelihood. Rodolfo from Albania, charming, in his own way kind Frenchman Marseille and Irishman Shonard are truly creative personalities, but no one considers them geniuses. Balancing between star fever and starvation. They have to constantly spin to survive, but this seems to be not enough for Aki Kaurismäki: love suddenly bursts into the cycle of life's problems …
"Tatiana, take care of the scarf" (1994)
Black and white, recklessly dashing, filled with drive adventures and alterations, which, perhaps, only hot guys and hitchhiking girls can get into. What can happen to two middle-aged women in a foreign country if they have a 1965 Volga in their way with two middle-aged Finnish rockers? The originality of the dialogues in the film is originally emphasized by the distorted Russian language - and this is the Finnish director without a trace.
"Juha" (1999)
Juha and Mari grow ordinary cabbage, take it to sell it to a small local market, and that's how they live. The couple are happy, after a successful day, Juha can afford a glass of beer, and Marie can eat her favorite ice cream. Peace in this idyll is disturbed when the insidious heartthrob Shemeika appears on the farm. Having promised all sorts of delights of a sweet life, Shemeika powders Marie's head and takes her to the city. However, instead of the promised luxury, a provincial and naive girl is waiting for … the most ordinary brothel. Marie, learned all the hardships of a new life and lost hope for a miracle. Kaurismäki will not finish on a heavy note. Juha is ready to forgive his wife's betrayal and is already rushing to the city in search of her.
"A Man Without a Past" (2002)
A very battered man, without a job and without a name, leaves the remote Finnish province and goes to Helsinki with the hope that at least in the capital he will be lucky with work. Barely stepping off the train, he bumps into local hooligans who beat him to death. The story continues after the miraculous resurrection. However, if the memory is completely lost, then there are more questions than answers. “How did he end up in Helsinki? Will he take the chance to start a new life, abandoning the past? And who is Irma, the woman dressed in the uniform of a Salvation Army officer? - asks the director during the film and with the hands of the hero unwinds the unrealistic tangle of his cult cinema.
