"Actor: Pirkka Pekka Petelius"

• Finland 1944 | DVD | (26/06/2017) from £8.76   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Finland, 1944. The country is shaken by the Lapland War, a conflict between Germany and Finland in the aftermath of WWII. When Helena, a Finnish midwife nicknamed Wildeye , meets a Finnish-German Nazi officer, they develop a wild and passionate relationship. Yet their love can t disguise the trauma of war which haunt the officer, nor the gruesome secrets hiding behind the walls of the POW camp he served at. When the turmoil of war separates the lovers, they make a pact to reunite at the remote cabin where they spent their happiest times together. Guided by a will to survive, they both put their lives at risk to survive and find their way back to each other...

• The Aki Kaurismaki Collection - Vol. 3 | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £79.99   |  Saving you £-50.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Aki Kaurism''ki s deadpan ironic and idiosyncratic films have established him as one of modern European cinema's most accomplished filmmakers. This box set presents three of his remarkable and highly acclaimed features. Crime and Punishment: Kaurism''ki s first feature follows the descent into crime of Rahikainen a slaughterhouse worker and former law student who murders a businessman and then begins a tense game of cat and mouse with the police. Effectively updating Dostoevsky s great novel to 1980s Helsinki this remarkably assured debut offers a sharp critique of Finnish society. Calamari Union: A group of men all bar one called Frank abandon their downtrodden neighbourhood in search of Eira a near mythical district across town that promises a better life. Kaurism''ki s second features details their misadventures along the way with deadpan humour and rock and roll attitude. Hamlet Goes Buisness: In this wicked and hilarious satire of the corporate world Kaurism''ki liberally updates Shakespeare s tragedy as a hard-boiled noir B-movie. Finnish comic Pirkka-Pekka Petelius plays an irresponsible playboy who finds himself involved in a vicious boardroom power struggle with his uncle who plans to sell off his company s assets in order to corner the market on Swedish rubber ducks. La Vie de Boh''me: Freely adapted from Henri Murger s 1851 novel this is Kaurism''ki s highly individual take on the story of three bohemian artists a poet a painter and a composer set in a timeless Paris. Shifting between heartbreaking drama and black humour the fine cast features cameos from Jean-Pierre L''aud Sam Fuller and Louis Malle.

• The Aki Kaurismäki Collection | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £57.98   |  Saving you £14.00 (25.00%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Included Titles: Crime And Punishment Calamari Union Shadows In Paradise Drifting Clouds Oo Aina Ihminen Hamlet Goes Business La Vie Boheme Ariel Match Factory Girl Valimo Leningrad Cowboys Lenigrad Cowboys Go America Total Balalaika Show Take Care Of You Scarf Tatjana Juha The Man Without A Past The Dusk La Havre The Other Side Of Hope Lights In Included Shorts: These Boots Those Were The Days Thru The Wire Rocky IV Rich Little Bitch Dogs Have No Hell Valim