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Original title

Valehtelija (The Liar)

Year

1981

Running time

53 min.

Country

Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Director

Mika Kaurismäki

Screenwriter

Aki Kaurismäki, Pauli Pentti

Cast

Music

Lasse Keso

Cinematography

Kay Gauditz, Toni Sulzbeck, Olli Varja (B&W)

Producer

Co-production Germany - West Germany (FRG)-Finland;

Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München. Distributor: Future Film

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Half-length Film

Synopsis

Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses. Valehtelija is an enjoyable pastiche of Breathless and other French New Wave films in which Aki Kaurismaki plays Ville Alfa, a young man with exceptional lying skills and a way with words. He treats people - his girlfriend and family members - badly and is extremely selfish. I found him both funny and sad.

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The Liar

1981

Mika Kaurismäki