Take Care Of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) ( Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana )

Take Care Of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
63 min + 4 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Aki Kaurismaki

Written By:
Sakke Järvenpää
Aki Kaurismaki

Actors:
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

Synopsis:

In this Finnish-German comedy two mis-fit men discover that they need more than body language to express their interest in two travelling women. Cigar smoking, coffee slurping Valto works at home for his mother. The day she runs out of coffee is the day he locks her in a cupboard and takes-off after first swiping the cash from her purse. Before hitting the road, he picks up Reino, his oily-haired buddy with rock-n-roll affectations. Together they cruise the back roads of Finland. Reino guzzles vodka and Valto his coffee. Two comely hitchhikers appear. They are the thin Tatiana from Estonia, and the chunky Klaudia from Russia. Tatiana only knows enough Finnish to ask for a lift. Both women seem interested in the two men who are both too intimidated to speak. The four travel in silence and then spend an innocent night in a hotel.

Valto (Mato Valtonen) is a meek middle-aged man who lives with his mother and does tailoring for her clothes business at their home. An ex-rock musician who still dreams of being a rock star, Valto has no other aspirations in life except his great love of coffee. When his mother runs out of coffee and refuses to go out and buy more, Valto becomes infuriated and locks her in a cupboard. He steals her money, leaves the house and meets up with his like-minded friend Reino (Matti Pellonpää), another middle aged ex-rock musician. Reino's only passion is drinking vodka and, as he and Valto get into Valto's car and drive away, Reino is drinking vodka straight from the bottle as Valto drinks coffee he made in a coffee maker that he had installed in his car. The two don't speak much until they are stopped by two hitchhikers: the thin Tatiana (Kati Outinen) from Estonia and the fat Klavdia (Kirsi Tykkyläinen) from Kazakhstan. The four of them spend the next few days travelling together without much conversation. Even though the two women are outgoing and would like to get to know the two men, Valto and Reino are too shy to communicate with them and instead ignore them as they keep drinking their coffee and vodka.

Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. But their reveries are interrupted by the arrival of garrulous Russian Klaudia and Estonian Tatiana - who are clearly interested in the two men, despite the language barrier. But what are the chances of getting a response from men who prefer staring at vodka bottles to talking?

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