Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Alina Tomnikov
Rating: 12
Approx runtime: 81min
Six years after announcing his retirement from filmmaking, celebrated Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki returns with this tragicomic love story in his characteristic droll, deadpan style.
Ansa and Holappa are two lonely souls who meet in a karaoke bar and try to build a relationship. Their path to happiness is beset by the obstacles of modern life, from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism and a charming stray dog.
Finnish romantic comedy-drama, with English subtitles.
Doors and bar open from 6:30 PM
Film starts 7:30 PM
Tickets available on the door on the night, or can be pre-booked on Eventbrite.
We screen ten monhtly films a year, from September through June. The current licensing landscape makes it difficult to plan for/book films too far in advance, so we’ve adopted a month-to-month model. This allows us to keep quite current in our programming. Any upcoming films displayed below.
Thelma Post is a 93-year-old grandmother who loses $10,000 to a con artist on the phone. With help from a friend and his motorized scooter, she soon embarks on a treacherous journey across Los Angeles to reclaim what was taken from her.
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school’s head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.
We aim to offer a programme that covers a broad range of genres and interests, in the hopes of appealing to as wide an audience as possible.
As well as our regular screenings, we also work within the community to offer additional screening events–click below to find out more.
Our final four films for March-June will be announced at our February screening of Moonage Daydream.
