Aki Kaurismäki

Aki Kaurismäki  (born 4 April 1957 Orimattila, Finland) is a movie director and a screenwriter from Finland. In his movies he shows understanding of people who are not very successful in life. He writes in the style of black comedy.

Kaurismäki made his first movie in 1983. It was based on Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.Three Must-See Aki Kaurismäki Movies Euro Channel

The Man Without a Past won the Grand Prix award in the  Cannes Film Festival in 2002.The Man Without a Past Festival Cannes It was also an Academy Award nominee for best foreign language movie. The plot is about a man who lost his memory, but gets help from many people whom he meets.The Man Without a Past Roger Ebert

Other Kaurismäki movies include Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989), about a rock and roll band, and Drifting Clouds (1996) about how an unemployed couple manages in life.

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 Other websites 
Aki Kaurismäki by Orimattila Town Library.

Aki Kaurismaki on Eurochannel with A Film and Its Era: Le Havre

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