Rosso

feature film, 1985

DIRECTED BY: Mika Kaurismäki

Rosso

CAST:
Kari Väänänen (Rosso),
Martti Syrjä (Martti),
Leena Harjupatana (Maria),
Mirja Oksanen (djevojka),
Maija-Liisa Majanlahti (službenica u banci)

SCRIPT:
Aki Kaurismäki,
Mika Kaurismäki,
Kari Väänänen,
Dante Alighieri (monolozi)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Timo Salminen

Synopsis:
Giancarlo Rosso, a mafia hitman from Sicily, gets an order to do a job in Finland. His target is the young Finnish girl Maria. Rosso comes to Helsinki, buys a weapon and goes to Maria’s apartment. He finds an empty apartment and meets her brother Martti. Even though they do not speak the same language they set off together to find Maria.

color, 76 min