


by Mika Kaurismäki


Matti is a paranoid expectant father who is crippled by self-doubt. Erkki is an inveterate ladies' man who is battling an unnamed illness and emotionally wounded by his estrangement from his young son. Rauno is a tired, failed actor who has returned to Helsinki from Paris in an attempt to reunite with his own twentysomething son. It is Christmas Eve, a time generally reserved for family, and the trio's inability to connect with the people closest to them is very much on their minds. It doesn't help that they're all nearing middle-age, or that their lives haven't entirely worked out the way they expected. A chance meeting at a hospital brings the three old friends together, and they head out in search of a place to drown their sorrows. They manage to bully the owner of a karaoke bar into letting them in, setting the stage for unexpected breakdowns, emotional revelations and possible redemption.

international title: Three Wise Men
original title: Kolme viisasta miestä
country: Finland
year: 2008
genre: fiction
directed by: Mika Kaurismäki
film run: 98'
release date: FI 14/11/2008, FR 23/12/2009
screenplay: Mika Kaurismäki, Petri Karra
cast: Kari Heiskanen, Pertti Sveholm, Timo Torikka, Irina Björklund, Tommi Eronen
cinematography by: Rauno Ronkainen
film editing: Mika Kaurismäki
producer: Mika Kaurismäki
production: Marianna Films
backing: Finnish Film Foundation
distributor: SF Studios Finland Oy, Epicentre Films
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