Calamari Union
Aki Kaurismäki / FI, 1985 / 84 min.
This superbly chaotic blend of Mean Streets and The Marx Brothers is full of surrealist situations and dialogues. Seventeen young Finnish males make their way to Helsinki’s idyllic coastal district Eira in the hope of a life more extraordinary – only they fail.
Finland 100
The Essential Aki Kaurismäki programme celebrates Finland”s first centenary as an independent country. The Finnish republic was proclaimed on 6 December 1917, not long after the October Revolution in Russia.
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Director
Aki Kaurismäki
Production year
1985
Country
FI
Original title
Calamari Union
Length
84 min.
Language
English, Finnish, Spanish
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
The Essential Aki Kaurismäki
Eye Filmmuseum screens more than ten classic titles by Aki Kaurismäki, the chronicler of Finnish melancholy with an absurdist twist. The majority of the films featured in the programme are from Eye’s own collection and will be screened on 35mm.
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