Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

1983 · 93 min · FI · NR · 6.8 (50 votes)
Dir. Aki Kaurismäki · Starring Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Hannu Lauri, Olli Tuominen, Matti Pellonpää · Music Pedro Hietanen
DramaCrime

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 throw a shadow over their desperate love affair.

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A stark, existential descent into guilt and loneliness. This film feels like a cold, bleak Helsinki winter, where a desperate love affair flickers against a backdrop of crushing isolation and impending doom.

bleakmelancholicgrittyintrospectiveslow-burnarthouseneo-noircharacter studybleak realismguiltlonelinessdesperate loveexistential dread
based on novel or book
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