Simon Al-Bazoon

Deux personnes solitaires se rencontrent par hasard une nuit à Helsinki et chacun tente de trouver en l’autre son premier, unique et dernier amour. Mais la vie a tendance à mettre des obstacles sur la route de ceux qui cherchent le bonheur.

In the heart of the Finnish forest, the long-closed foundry of the little town of Karkkila has come back to life thanks to director Aki Kaurismäki and his creation of the town's first cinema. The peace and calm of the little town of Karkkila, nestled deep in the Finnish forest, is interrupted by unexpected sounds. In the abandoned foundry, noisy building work is taking place. Inside the building, Aki Kaurismäki is both builder and site manager of what is soon to become the Kino Laika cinema. The creation of the cinema is the talk of the town. In the factory still in activity, in a 1960s Cadillac, in a bikers' club, in the local pub, in the woods or in Aki Kaurismäki's former editing room, people start talking about cinema again.

Helsinki. Deux destins qui se croisent. Wikhström, la cinquantaine, décide de changer de vie en quittant sa femme alcoolique et son travail de représentant de commerce pour ouvrir un restaurant. Khaled est quant à lui un jeune réfugié syrien, échoué dans la capitale par accident. Il voit sa demande d’asile rejetée mais décide de rester malgré tout. Un soir, Wikhström le trouve dans la cour de son restaurant. Touché par le jeune homme, il décide de le prendre sous son aile.

Digging up the memory of the Finnish Civil War in 1918, Grey Wolf tells a historical story with a modern twist. When Viktor Stark, a peaceful writer of the conservative Whites, finds a wounded enemy soldier hiding for his life, Stark’s values and loyalty are measured against each other. Will he choose a higher moral or otherness? The answer is revealed in the final scene that turns the whole world around. Grey Wolf is set in history, but truly, it tells about us.

Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.