Filmstill Leningrad Cowboys

Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Sweden 1989 | 79 min | 35mm | Original Version with english Subtitles | with Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakari Kuosmanen

Somewhere in the tundra, in no man's land, there is the worst rock 'n' roll band in the world, perfectly styled, but without an audience and without the slightest chance of commercial success: the Leningrad Cowboys. They decide to bury their national pride and head for the United States, where people will "eat any crap". This movie tells the story of their journey across the ocean and across the continent, a story of disreputable pubs and decent people in the backyard of the Hamburg nation.

Loan of the film print with kind support of the Finnish Film Foundation.
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