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Leningrad Cowboys Collection
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vladimir, who now calls himself Moses lead them on their way home.
- Original title
- Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
- Language
- EN
- Country
- FI
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Aug 22, 2018 · via TMDB
This is a sequel to <i>Leningrad Cowboys Go America</i> of four years before, where Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki introduced one of his most absurd creations: an extravagantly quiffed "Russian" rock band from the wilds of Siberia, supposedly the worst band in the world, played by Finnish actors who speak only Finnish and then broken English to each other. That first film was a sort of road movie, where the Leningrad Cowboys played a series of ramshackle bars across the American South while headed towards Mexico to perform at a wedding. Unbeknownst to them, the village idiot Igor (Kari Väänänen), who aspires to be one of them, has arrived in the United States too in pursuit, and their manager Vladimir (played by the late, great Matti Pellonpää) exploited them all the way by taking their earnings for his own luxurious desires. <i>Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses</i> follows closely on the action of the first film, as Vladimir reappears after an unexplained absence, having become an extravagantly bearded religious fanatic and calling himself Moses. Their former manager wants to lead the band, who have become stranded in Mexico, back to their home in Siberia. This sequel has the same general format as its predecessor, though this time the road trip is from France back through Europe to the Russian border. Vladimir has stolen something important, and French actor André Wilms plays an American CIA agent pursuing him on the road back home (his thick French accent again clashing with his character's supposed origin). <i>Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses</i> is among Kaurismäki's worst films, and one of those sequels that should have never been made. Already with the first film one was just as likely to sigh at the lameness of it all as chuckle at the gags. The sequel, however, is a much more somber film than its predecessor, which mean there are even less gags, and virtually every scene feels like milking a formula. While it might be worth a try if you are a committed fan of Kaurismäki's body of work, I would be very reluctant to recommend this (or even the vastly superior LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO America) to a general audience.
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Criterion Channel
Sakke Järvenpää
Leningrad Cowboys
Silu Seppälä
Leningrad Cowboys
Mauri Sumén
Leningrad Cowboys
Mato Valtonen
Leningrad Cowboys
Matti Pellonpää
Moses / Vladimir
Kari Väänänen
The Mute
André Wilms
Lazar / Johnson / Elijah
Nicky Tesco
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Aki Kaurismäki
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Aki Kaurismäki
Director
Aki Kaurismäki
Editor
Reinhard Brundig
Executive Producer
Aki Kaurismäki
Producer
Jaakko Talaskivi
Production Manager
Mauri Sumén
Original Music Composer
Aki Kaurismäki
Screenplay
Aki Kaurismäki
Story
Mato Valtonen
Story
Sakke Järvenpää
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