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Hamlet Goes Business

Hamlet Goes Business

1987 · 89 min · FI · 6.4 (27 votes)
Dir. Aki Kaurismäki · Starring Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Esko Salminen, Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Kari Väänänen
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A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

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A surreal, darkly funny dive into existential dread. This Finnish noir adaptation of Hamlet feels like a fever dream, blending Shakespearean tragedy with bleak, corporate absurdity.

melancholicabsurdistdarkly comicexistentialsteadyblack-and-whitefilm noirarthouseShakespearean adaptationgrieffamilyambitionmadness
helsinkifinlandbusinessmanloss of loved onebased on play or musicalshakespeare in modern dress
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