Matti Pellonpää

Three struggling artists try to make passable livings in Paris despite knock backs and tragedies.

A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.

Liberally reinterpreting Sly Stallone’s inspiring underdog story, Aki Kaurismäki takes his typical deadpan humour to a whole other level with this exuberant 80s short-film satire. Relentless glam-rock guitar riffs soundtrack this pain-and-gain parody—outrageous, outlandish, and a little bit sad!