Calamari Union

Calamari Union

1985 · 81 min · FI · 7.0 (97 votes)
Dir. Aki Kaurismäki · Starring Timo Eränkö, Kari Heiskanen, Asmo Hurula, Sakke Järvenpää, Sakari Kuosmanen, Dave Lindholm · Music Jone Takamäki
ComedyDrama

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 hurdles including stray dogs and defunct streetlights.

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A darkly absurd, deadpan journey through urban ennui. It feels like a bleakly funny existentialist parable, where the mundane becomes epic and the search for meaning is met with surreal indifference. A true cult oddity.

absurdistbleakdeadpansurrealslow-burnarthousedeadpan comedyphilosophicalquirkyexistentialismabsurdityconformityurban alienation
helsinki, finlandjourneymetro
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