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Leningrad Cowboys Go America

1989 · 79 min

Deadpan, shaggy-dog road trip where absurd silences and flat jokes drift by like a strange, oddly endearing dream.

Overview
The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • identity
  • friendship
  • music
  • survival
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, music
Directed by
Aki Kaurismäki
Written by
Aki Kaurismäki
Starring
Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakke Järvenpää, Heikki Keskinen, Pimme Korhonen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Puka Oinonen, Silu Seppälä
Music
Mauri Sumén
Cinematography
Timo Salminen
Runtime
79 min
Country
Finland, Sweden
Languages
English, Finnish

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