(Aki Kaurismäki)

Content: Aki Kaurismäki, the celebrated Finnish filmmaker behind The Man Without a Past (Grand Prix du Jury, Cannes Film Festival 2002) and landmark works including Ariel, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, and Drifting Clouds, is the focus of AKI KAURISMÄKI, the latest release in the Cinema, of Our Time series. The younger half of Finland’s most prolific and irreverent filmmaking partnership, Kaurismäki, alongside his brother Mika Kaurismäki, was instrumental in shaping what became known as the New Finnish Cinema. Since 1981, he has directed twenty-two films, many of which are featured through excerpts in this documentary.

Countries:

Finland,

France

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

53 minutes

Year:

2001

Directors:

Guy Girard

Production companies:

Audiovisuel Multimedia International Production (AMIP),

ARTE,

Sputnik,

INA

Actors:

Self

Self

Self

Crews:

Director