Movies: Pauli Pentti

  • 1988
    Ariel

    Ariel (1988)

    Ariel

    7.11988HD

    After the coal mine he works at closes and his father commits suicide, a Finnish man leaves for the city to make a living but there, he is framed and imprisoned for various crimes....

    Ariel
  • 1986
    Shadows in Paradise

    Shadows in Paradise (1986)

    Shadows in Paradise

    7.31986HD

    Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop betwe...

    Shadows in Paradise
  • 1990
    The Match Factory Girl

    The Match Factory Girl (1990)

    The Match Factory Girl

    7.31990HD

    Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to...

    The Match Factory Girl
  • 1990
    I Hired a Contract Killer

    I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)

    I Hired a Contract Killer

    6.91990HD

    After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love....

    I Hired a Contract Killer
  • 1991
    Night on Earth

    Night on Earth (1991)

    Night on Earth

    7.51991HD

    An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night....

    Night on Earth
  • 1986
    Rocky VI

    Rocky VI (1986)

    Rocky VI

    5.71986HD

    Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki is actually meant as a parody of the late Cold War-era Rocky IV, which saw Stallone's character taki...

    Rocky VI
  • 1992
    La Vie de Bohème

    La Vie de Bohème (1992)

    La Vie de Bohème

    7.51992HD

    Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise....

    La Vie de Bohème
  • 1983
    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment (1983)

    Crime and Punishment

    6.81983HD

    In Helsinki, an ex-law student turned slaughterhouse worker commits a senseless crime that catapults him into loneliness. Only a woman who accidentally arrived at the crime scene wants to follow him, but guilt and the tightening net of the police thr...

    Crime and Punishment
  • 2017
    Tom of Finland

    Tom of Finland (2017)

    Tom of Finland

    6.72017HD

    Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of ...

    Tom of Finland
  • 1989
    Leningrad Cowboys Go America

    Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)

    Leningrad Cowboys Go America

    6.91989HD

    The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band....

    Leningrad Cowboys Go America
  • 2012
    Naked Harbour

    Naked Harbour (2012)

    Naked Harbour

    6.12012HD

    Naked Harbour is a movie about Finnish love in the year 2011. It is a story about people who seek love and acceptance at any cost. During one winter week all its characters face something irreversible....

    Naked Harbour
  • 1987
    Macbeth

    Macbeth (1987)

    Macbeth

    4.51987HD

    A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the ...

    Macbeth
  • 1994
    Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

    Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)

    Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

    5.81994HD

    After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vladimir, who now calls himself Moses lead them on their way home....

    Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
  • 1981
    The Liar

    The Liar (1981)

    The Liar

    6.31981HD

    Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses....

    The Liar
  • 1982
    Jackpot 2

    Jackpot 2 (1982)

    Jackpot 2

    5.11982HD

    Three young people, two boys and a girl, meet on a Friday evening in an urban post-disaster setting which has brought Helsinki to ruins. The boys' sole purpose of life is to play a Flip-Flop pinball machine....

    Jackpot 2
  • 2014
    The Surrealist and His Naughty Hand

    The Surrealist and His Naughty Hand (2014)

    The Surrealist and His Naughty Hand

    4.82014HD

    A film about Finnish artist Kalervo Palsa who was completely neglected by his peers and time...

    The Surrealist and His Naughty Hand
  • 1991
    Zombie and the Ghost Train

    Zombie and the Ghost Train (1991)

    Zombie and the Ghost Train

    6.91991HD

    Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpe...

    Zombie and the Ghost Train
  • 1987
    Hamlet Goes Business

    Hamlet Goes Business (1987)

    Hamlet Goes Business

    6.61987HD

    When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of ru...

    Hamlet Goes Business
  • 1992
    The Prodigal Son

    The Prodigal Son (1992)

    The Prodigal Son

    5.41992HD

    Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange request: he wants Esa to maltreat him. Esa accepts this reque...

    The Prodigal Son
  • 1994
    Total Balalaika Show

    Total Balalaika Show (1994)

    Total Balalaika Show

    6.31994HD

    A 57-minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like "Sweet Home, Alabama") as well as more traditional Russian ...

    Total Balalaika Show