Calamari Union

Calamari Union
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by Aki Kaurismäki
Written by Aki Kaurismäki
Starring Timo Eränkö
Kari Heiskanen
Asmo Hurula
Sakke Järvenpää
Music by Mikko Mattila
Jone Takamäki
Cinematography Harri Laakso
Mikko Mattila
Editing by Aki Kaurismäki
Raija Talvio
Release date(s) 8 February 1985 (1985-02-08)
Country Finland
Language English
Finnish

Calamari Union is the second full-length film by director Aki Kaurismäki, 1984.

Plot

Calamari Union is an allegorical movie that tells the story of sixteen men all of whom are called Frank apart from a single confrere, Pekka. Collectively the Franks and Pekka are unhappy with the perceived oppression they face in their district of Helsinki, Kallio, and decide to move to another, Eira, imagining it to be an unspoiled place where people can live lives of dignity. The journey is an ironic one given that both districts are not so far apart and much like each other. In this spirit, their journey across the city takes on epic proportions with each of the travellers gradually falling by the wayside due to such travails as marriage, work, and death. In its entirety the film is a wry discussion of humanity within a system that regards humans as subservient components.

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