CAST:
Turo Pajala (Taisto Olavi Kasurinen),
Susanna Haavisto (Irmeli Katarina Pihlaja),
Matti Pellonpää (Mikkonen),
Eetu Hilkamo (Riku),
Erkki Pajala (rudar)

SCRIPT:
Aki Kaurismäki

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Timo Salminen

MUSIC:
Bill Casey,
Melrose,
Rauli Somerjoki,
Taisto Tammi,
Olavi Virta

EDITING:
Raija Talvio

Synopsis:
After the mine gets closed down, former miner Taisto puts on his sunglasses and drives away to Helsinki in his white Cadillac in search of a better life. Soon he finds a job and moves in a new apartment with his girlfriend, but the police accuse him of a crime he did not commit. In prison he dreams about a better life outside of Finland, but even after he escapes from prison his bad luck does not change.

color, 72'