8º – Calamari Union (Aki Kaurismäki, 1985)
Here’s a truly delicious movie. Here, Kaurismaki exerts his creativity to the full, telling the story of a local band from Helsinki that seeks to escape the incongruities of the city and find a new place to continue their respective trajectories. Another interesting fact about the band: all its 14 members are called Frank.
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7º – Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Aki Kaurismäki, 1989)
Looking for their way to fame, a Russian band decides to make a short journey to the United States, where they hope to get all the recognition due them. The film is extremely short, only 78 minutes long, but manages to tattoo all its proposed content on the viewer. A comedy with an aura “Road Movie” about a positive naivete inserted in the man.
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