Aki

A slaughterhouse worker and former law student, takes vengeance on the man who killed his fiancée in a hit and run accident.

An exodus to a better life in Eira. A group of med - all but one - called Frank, seek refuge from their boring lives in an oasis on the other side of the city, having to overcome obstacles on their way.

An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more.

The all-star American boxer Rock'y defends the Free World by fighting against a gigantic opponent from Siberia named Igor. A musical parody uses the song by Sleepy Sleepers.

Playboy Hamlet sees the ghost of his father, a paper baron in today's Finland.

Nicky escapes from prison somewhere between Alabama and Utah, sometime in the future. He looks for his girl in the bars and hotels. All he can see in his new freedom is that no one cares for the future of human culture.

A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.

Siberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame.

A woman's terribly dull life is upended by a one-night stand pregnancy, causing her to seek retribution.

Henri is depressed after losing his job, but finds himself too afraid to go through with suicide. He hires a contract killer to do the job for him instead - but what happens if he changes his mind?

Three struggling artists try to make passable livings in Paris despite setbacks and tragedies.

Paris, 1994, night: as the Leningrad Cowboys sing "Those were the days," a solitary man leading a donkey is turned away at a restaurant door. He and the beast walk down to La Maison du Vin where, despite a "no donkeys" sign on the wall, they enter and he proceeds to feed the donkey with provisions from his pack. His care and feeding of the donkey impress the woman who sings with the house band. She and the visitor connect, but if they slip away, who will watch the burro? The visitor's shoes and most everyone's hair, except the donkey's, points forward.

Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, but are interrupted by the Russian Klaudia and Estonian Tatiana, clearly interested in them. Are there chances of getting a response though language barrier?

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 songs like the "Volga Boatman".

The recession hits a couple in Helsinki.

A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.

M arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.

This series of vignettes offers ruminations on time, fate and other human mysteries. Each of the film's seven directors conjures a scenario that speaks to some facet of universal experience.

In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.

Workers of a foundry eat their lunch and watch Lumiére brothers film Leaving the Factory (1895).

When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.

A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.

In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.