Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
Aki Kaurismäki
Guided by Moses, none other than their shady ex-manager, the Leningrad Cowboys begin a long and eventful journey from New York to Europe, and finally to their native Siberia. Moses has stolen the nose off of the Statue of Liberty, and the American secret services are close behind...
With : Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, André Wilms, Nicky Tesco, Jacques Blanc, Nathalie Helies, Kirsi Tykkylainen et les Leningrad Cowboys
Screenplay : Aki Kaurismäki, Sakke Jarvenpää, Mato Valtonen
Image : Timo Salminen
Sound : Jouko Lumme, Timo Linnasalo
Editing : Aki Kaurismäki
Screenplay : Aki Kaurismäki, Sakke Jarvenpää, Mato Valtonen
Image : Timo Salminen
Sound : Jouko Lumme, Timo Linnasalo
Editing : Aki Kaurismäki
Production : Sputnik Oy, Orsans Productions, La Sept Cinéma, Pandora Films
Distribution: Pyramide
Distribution: Pyramide
"The reason this film exists appears timidly from behind a series of touching scenes. Kaurismäki places his group of rough-hewn characters in real settings. (...) With each scene, their presence within European reality demonstrates its absurdity, but also its poetry. This portrait of a tired continent trying to wall itself off from the outside, with barriers only Moses can cross, is the corollary to Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana, the 60s-era elegy to friendship and understanding between different peoples. Multiplying cinematic references, non sequiturs and striking images like so many fish and loaves of bread, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses is a wistful and delightful film." (T. Sotinel)