Rent Juha (1999)
3.6 of 5 from 57 ratings
1h 14min
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- Synopsis:
- Kaurismaki brings his trademark wistfulness, irony and absurdist humour to the conventions of the silent film, utilising beautiful black and white photography, inter-titles and a lush, melodramatic score. Following the fortunes of Juha (Sakari Kuosmanen), an earnest farm worker whose wife is seduced away from him by a city slicker, the film is both a tribute to and a parody of the genre, delightfully peppered with references to Kaurismaki's cinematic heroes.
- Actors:
- Sakari Kuosmanen, Kati Outinen, André Wilms, Markku Peltola, Elina Salo, Ona Kamu, Outi Mäenpää, Tuire Tuomisto, Tatjana Solovjova, Esko Nikkari, Jaakko Talaskivi, Safka Pekkonen, Sami Kuoppamäki, Juuso Norlund, Anssi Tikanmäki, Jari Yliaho, Pekka Nikander, Carl-Erik Calamnius, Matti Hyvönen, Matti Heino
- Directors:
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Producers:
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Writers:
- Juhani Aho, Aki Kaurismäki
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- 100 Years of German Expressionism, Top 10 Films of 1999
- Countries:
- Finland
