Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana (1994)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Aki Kaurismäki

Writers:

Sakke Järvenpää (writer)
Aki Kaurismäki (writer)

Release Date:

14 January 1994 (Finland)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living...

Plot Keywords:

Road | Coffee | Ferry | Farewell | Hitchhiker

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Kati Outinen	...	Tatjana
Matti Pellonpää	...	Reino
Kirsi Tykkyläinen	...	Klavdia
Mato Valtonen	...	Valto
Elina Salo	...	Hotel Receptionist
Irma Junnilainen	...	Valto's Mother
Veikko Lavi	...	Vepe
Pertti Husu	...	Pepe
Viktor Vassel	...	Bus Driver
Carl-Erik Calamnius	...	Petrol Station Attendant
Atte Blom	...	Barkeeper 1
Mauri Sumén	...	Barkeeper 2
Anu Aalto
Matti Ahjoniemi
Riitta Ahjoniemi

Also Known As:

Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana
Tatjana (Germany)

Runtime:

Canada:65 min | Germany:60 min

Country:

Finland | Germany

Language:

Finnish | Russian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:S | Germany:12

Company:

Finnish Film Foundation

Movie Connections:

Edited from Topralli (1966)

Soundtrack:

Bad Bad Baby

Weak Kaurismaki

This black and white road movie by Aki Kaurismaki (about an hour long) is about two loser guys from Finland traveling by road through Finland with two women (a Russian and an Estonian, don't these two people hate each other?). The results are very uneven. Filmed in the early 90s, it is among Kaurismaki's weakest work, showing a lot of his peculiar obsessions (vintage cars, rock music, cigarettes, smoky bars) but without much of any payoff for the viewer. Nothing much happens and nothing seems to matter much. However, it's good to see two of Kaurismaki's regulars: the late great Matti Pellonpaa as well as a younger Kati Outinen.