(El Mentiroso)
b/w, 51 mins
Finnish premiere February 6, 1981
directed by Mika Kaurismäki
screenplay Aki Kaurismäki, Pauli Pentti
cinematography Toni Sulzbeck, Kay Gauditz, Olli Varja
sound Mikael Sievers, Erkki Vesterinen
edited by Antti Kari
music Lasse Keso
assistant director Pauli Pentti
production Mika Kaurismäki and Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (Munich, Germany)
cast
Aki Kaurismäki (Ville Alfa)
Pirkko Hämäläinen (Tuula)
Juuso Hirvikangas (Juuso)
Lars Lindberg (Ville's Brother)
Esa Sirkkunen (Olli)
Jukka Järvelä (man in bar)
Mikko Mattila (Hemingway pest/fan)
Matti Pellonpää (Chandler pest/fan)
Maija Heiskanen, Taina Nyström, Eija Vilpas, Toni Sulzbeck, Juhani Tommola, Juice Leskinen Slam
This is the one that started it all.
A long short film of the fate of incurable liar Ville Alfa, memorably played by Aki. The film is loaded with a variety of references to literature and cinema, eg. Sergei Eisenstein's Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin) and Jean-Luc Godard's Vivre sa vie (My Life to Live).
The film has not lost a bit of its charm and wit, even after almost two decades since its making.
IMDbLa echaron la semana pasada en la tele en VO con subtítulos incrustados en alemán.
Fue la primera peli que hizo Mika Kaurismäki como director, pero como el guión es de Aki y como Aki es el actor principal, igual se podría incluir en esta filmo también.
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Biofilmography
Mika Kaurismäki was born in 1955 in Finland. He studied
at the Munich Academy for Television and Film from 1977
to 1981. His second film The Liar (1981, together with Aki
Kaurismäki) marked the beginning of the cinema of the
Kaurismäki brothers and started a new era in Finnish cinema.
Mika Kaurismäki has since directed films all around the
world with international crews and casts. 1986 he was cofounder
of the Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä in
Finnish Lapland. He is also a member of the board of the
European Film Academy.
Filme / Films
1981: Saimaa-ilmiö (The Saimaa Gesture; Dokumentarfilm, zus. mit
Aki Kaurismäki). Valehtelija (The Liar; zus. mit Aki Kaurismäki). 1982:
Arvottomat (The Worthless). Jackpot 2 (Kurzfilm). 1984: Klaani – tarina
Sammakoitten suvusta (The Clan – Tale of the Frogs). 1985: Rosso.
1987: Helsinki Napoli – All Night Long. 1988: Yötyö (Night Work; TVFilm).
1989: Paperitähti (Paper Star). Cha Cha Cha. 1990: Amazon
(Forum 1991). 1991: Zombie ja kummitusjuna (Zombie and the Ghost
Train; Forum 1992). 1993: Viimeisellä rajalla (The Last Border). 1994:
Tigrero – Elokuva, joka ei valmistunut (Tigrero – a Film that Was Never
Made; Dokumentarfilm, Forum 1994). 1995: Jatkuva hälytystila (Condition
Red). H.A.R.P.: Bubble Struggle (Musikvideo). 1996: Sambólico
(30 Min., Episodenfilm). Rhythm (5 Min., Episodenfilm). 1998: Los
Angeles Without a Map. 1999: Highway Society. 2002: Moro no Brasil
(Musik-Dokumentarfilm). 2004: Honey Baby. 2005: BRASILEIRINHO.
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