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Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Finnish
Description
The tale of Koistinen, a handsome, but lonely nightwatchman who becomes entranced and seduced by the ultimate femme fatale, who leads him down the unwitting path of crime and punishment. Koistinen is left to face the consequences.
Series
Film Movement volume 5, film 4
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Finnish
Description
When nine-year-old Eero's father is killed at the beginning of World War II his mother, broken by grief, is unable to care for him. She sends Eero out of Finland to live with a family in Sweden, away from the conflict. Feeling abandoned by his biological Finnish mother, he cannot quite attach to his Swedish surrogate mother. When the war ends, and he returns to his mother in Finland, his confusion intensifies.
Uncle: Biography of a humble man, retold...
Publisher
Scanbox Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
Filmmaker Roy Andersson draws the viewer into the world of a woman whose most uplifting moments are always balanced by tragedy, and whose joy is constantly offset by sorrow. In laughing along at the good times and shedding a tear at the bad, the comic tragedy of life manifests itself in a manner that all can surely relate to.
Series
Criterion collection volume 922
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Finnish
Description
The wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurismaki is a bittersweet tale of human kindness in the face of official indifference. A response to the ongoing global refugee crisis, the film follows two people, a displaced Syrian and a Finnish salesman, searching for a place to call home.
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