Aki Kaurismäki night: Shadows in Paradise (1986) & Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)

- February 14th, 2025

Saturday February 22, 2025, Aki Kaurismäki night: Shadows in Paradise (1986) & Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) * doors open at 19:00 * first film starts at 19:30 * second film starts at 21:00 * free entrance.

Shadows in Paradise (Varjoja paratiisissa, by Aki Kaurismäki, 1986, 1h 14m, in Finnish with English subtitles) – movie effectively set the template for the maestro’s singular style. Punctuated with bursts of primary colors, this beautiful wisp of a film finds a delicately negotiated optimism amid the ruins of its dashed dreams… An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more.

Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana, by Aki Kaurismäki, 1994, 1h 5m, in Finnish with English subtitles) – Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. But their reveries are interrupted by the arrival of garrulous Russian Klaudia and Estonian Tatiana – who are clearly interested in the two men, despite the language barrier. But what are the chances of getting a response from men who prefer staring at vodka bottles to talking?

Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net