Focus on Mika Kaurismaki

Honey Baby

1 hr. 47 min. | Drama, Romance | N/A

"A magically mysterious journey from Germany to Murmansk, based on an ancient Greek myth about Orpheus and Eurydice." This is how Mika Kaurismäki describes this in his film. Tom, a frustrated musician, is reluctant to go on tour in the Baltics. In Kaliningrad, he meets Russian Natasha, who has just escaped the clutches of a suspicious German businessman. It would seem that better times may begin for Tom and Natasha ... "But then," says director Mika Kaurismäki, "the tempter of snakes appears in paradise, and the troubles of the past affect them again." "Beloved" is both a love story and a road movie. Emotional and funny, fun and weird, bright and sad movie.

Mika Kaurismäki

Mika Kaurismäki

Mika Kaurismäki (g. 1955) nuo 1977 iki 1981 m. mokėsi Miuncheno kinematografijos mokykloje. Kartu su broliu Aki Kaurismäki įsteigė kompaniją „Villealfa“, čia pradėjo kurti savo filmus, pats daugelį jų ir prodiusuodamas. Pastaruosius dešimt metų Mika Kaurismäki praleido daugiausia Rio de Žaneire, yra klubo Kopakabanos paplūdimyje savininkas. Jo filmas „Honey Baby“ (2003) filmuotas Latvijoje.
Languages
English, Latvian, Russian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Produced
2004: Finland, Germany, Latvia, Russia

Film information

Director
Mika Kaurismäki
Screenplay
Eike Goreczka, Mika Kaurismäki, Ulrich Meyszies
Music
Uwe Dresch, Andreas Schilling
Cinematography
Timo Salminen
Cast
Henry Thomas, Irina Björklund, Helmut Berger, Kari Väänänen
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