Movies: Timo Salminen
- 1988
Ariel (1988)
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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....
- 2023
Fallen Leaves (2023)
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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....
- 1990
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
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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...
- 1985
Calamari Union (1985)
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A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off for a better existence in the magical seaside district of Eira. But the way is long, and the group face many hurdl...
- 2006
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
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Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipul...
- 2011
Le Havre (2011)
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In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the tireless support of his community, Marcel stands up to offi...
- 2017
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
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A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland....
- 2024
El jockey (2024)
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- 1999
Juha (1999)
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A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel....
- 2014
Jauja (2014)
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A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization....
- 1986
Rocky VI (1986)
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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...
- 1989
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
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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....
- 1994
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana (1994)
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Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor....
- 1986
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
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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...
- 2024
Eureka (2024)
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A cowboy arrives in a village in search of his daughter, a native policewoman arrests various offenders in a snowy landscape, while her niece, a basketball coach, reunites with her grandfather for a decisive journey that will shape her future, a bird...
- 2002
The Man Without a Past (2002)
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Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and be...
- 1983
Crime and Punishment (1983)
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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...
- 1996
Drifting Clouds (1996)
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The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, gu...
- 1993
The Last Border (1993)
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One man's quest for revenge in a post-apocalyptic world...
- 1992
La Vie de Bohème (1992)
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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....