From Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki comes Zombie And The Ghost Train in which Antti Zombie Autiomaa fights against his dependence on alcohol to make something of his life. After being thrown out of the army having slept rough in Istanbul wasting his life living bleary-eyed with his ill parents and having lost his girlfriend Zombie tries to make one last attempt to turn his life around by ditching the drink and joining his friend's band as bass player. But can he leave the bottle behind?
From acclaimed director Mika Kaurismaki comes full-length feature The Liar and short film Jackpot 2. The Liar (1981): Young drifter Ville Alfa travels around Helsinki trying to make money by constant lying. Jackpot 2 (1982): A short film where three young people two boys and a girl meet on a Friday evening in an urban post-disaster setting which has brought Helsinki to ruins. The boys' sole purpose of life is to play a Flip-Flop pinball machine.
Brasileirinho is a 90-min musical documentary film about Choro the first genuinely Brazilian urban music. It was back in the late 19th century in Rio de Janeiro when Brazilian musicians started to blend European melodies Afro-Brazilian rhythms and the melancholic interpretation of the Brazilian Indians' music to create Choro. Choro is credited as being the first musical expression of Brazil's melting pot and had a prominent place in the development of Brazil's cultural identity. Choro remained a major popular music style until the 1920s leading directly into Samba and later to Bossa Nova. After a slight decline in popularity Choro music has made a remarkable comeback over the past few decades. The film remembers the history but shows above all a colorful picture of Choro's vitality today.
Tigrero documents the return visit of director Sam Fuller accompanied by Jim Jarmusch and Kaurismaki to the portion of the Amazon where Fuller had once begun work on an action film that was to star the biggest box-office attraction in America in its time John Wayne Although that film never happened this documentary gives Fuller the chance to reminisce about his legendary career and show the indigenous population his earlier footage an act which evokes great gratitude for temporarily bringing long dead relatives back to 'life'.
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