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| This uninteresting DVD cover is what I was able to scrape together in lieu of an actual poster for Mika Kaurismäki's The Worthless |
QUICK REVIEW:
A man owes some thugs money, while his partner has acquired a valuable, stolen painting. On the run the two continue their evenly distraught lives.
At first one might be charmed by what appears to be Finnish dead-pan humor, but one soon learns that all Finlanders are more or less alike in the universe conjured up by brothers, writer Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre (2011)) and writer-director Mika Kaurismäki (Zombie and the Ghost Train/Zombie ja Kummitusjuna (1991)). - None of the personalities put together sparkle in the ocean of inebriated, destitute Finnish souls. And none of them have any appetite for life.
The suspense is non-existing in the strange 'plot.' The unending, futile drinking of The Worthless continues of all places finally in Paris.
In lieu of a trailer for the film, not available on Youtube at the moment, here is a 3-minute interview with Mika Kaurismäki at the Toronto International Film Festival talking of his film Road North/Tie Pohjoiseen (2012)
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[The film was released October 15 and runs 119 minutes. Mika Kaurismäki won the Jussi Award (Finland's Oscar) for Best Direction. On IMDb, 818 users have given the film an average rating of 7.5.]
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