| Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses | |
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| Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Produced by | Aki Kaurismäki Reinhard Brundig Paula Oinonen Fabienne Vonier |
| Written by | Sakke Järvenpää Aki Kaurismäki Mato Valtonen |
| Starring | Matti Pellonpää Kari Väänänen André Wilms Nicky Tesco The Leningrad Cowboys |
| Music by | Mauri Sumén |
| Cinematography | Timo Salminen |
| Editing by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Distributed by | Pandora Filmproduktion |
| Release date(s) | February 16, 1994 |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Finland/Germany/France |
| Language | English |
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses is a 1994 film directed by Aki Kaurismäki. It is a sequel to the popular 1989 film Leningrad Cowboys Go America that introduced the fictional Russian rock band Leningrad Cowboys which, subsequently, became a notable real life rock band in Finland.
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Picking up where Leningrad Cowboys Go America left off, the band has settled in Mexico after charting a top ten hit there. However, many band members become alcoholics spending most of their day drinking tequila. Before long, more than half of the band members have died from excessive drinking. The surviving members have, in the mean time, become naturalized Mexicans.
Down on their luck, the band is contacted by their manager Vladimir (Matti Pellonpää) who, after going through an experience of being born again, now calls himself Moses. Moses has secured a gig for the band at Coney Island which must now cross the Mexico–United States border illegally as a CIA agent (André Wilms) is on their tail. Afterwards, Moses helps the remaining members return to the Promised Land (Siberia) so that they can rebuild the band.
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