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2 Soirees of Finnish Movies

Shadows in Paradise (1986) is a 1986 Finnish art house comedy-drama. An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more.
Directed and written by Aki Kaurismaki. This is the first film in Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Trilogy (Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl). [source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadows_in_Paradise]

Video: Varjoja paratiisissa (1986)

• Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (born 1957) is a Finnish screenwriter and film director. He is best known for the mockumentary Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989). He is described as Finland’s best-known film director. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurismäki