Mika Kaurismäki [SEP] country of citizenship
His film "Brasileirinho" is a 2005 musical documentary about traditional Brazilian "choro" music.
Mika Kaurismäki's first film, "The Liar" (1980), was an overnight sensation, when first shown in Finland; it marked the beginning of the Kaurismäki brothers' film career and started a new era in Finnish cinema.
After high school Mika Kaurismäki worked as a painter of houses and apartments in the small town of Kuusankoski in the southeastern part of Finland. In the autumn of 1976, when the winter
The Worthless (film)
The Worthless () is a 1982 Finnish film directed by Mika Kaurismäki, who also co-wrote the film with his brother Aki Kaurismäki. It is a road movie about two men and a woman driving around the country as they are being chased by a group of criminals and the police.
Mika Kaurismäki won the Jussi Award for Best Direction for the film.
Cast.
- Matti Pellonpää as Manne
- Pirkko Hämäläinen as Veera
- Juuso Hirvikangas as Harri Salminen
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