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The Liar
Feb 27, 1981 · 53m
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Comedy
Drama
PLOT
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.
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CAST
Aki Kaurismäki
Ville Alfa
Pirkko Hämäläinen
Tuula
Juuso Hirvikangas
Juuso
Matti Pellonpää
Fan of Chandler
Lars Lindberg
Harri
Mikko Mattila
Fan of Hemingway
Eija Vilpas
Woman at Bar Counter
Markku Peltola
Ball thrower in Mermaid Hall
Directed by
Mika Kaurismäki
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
FI
Budget
$27,630
Revenue
—
Production
Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
Country
FI, DE
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