Zombie and The Ghost Train

  • March 17, 2023 / 21:00
  • March 31, 2023 / 19:00

Director: Mika Kaurismäki
Cast: Silu Seppälä, Matti Pellonpää, Marjo Leinonen, Vieno Saaristo
Finland, 1991, 88', DCP, color
Finnish, English, Turkish with Turkish subtitles

Zombie is a bass playing, vodka-swigging lost soul who can't make it in the army, as a roofer or as a morgue gurney-pusher. The demise of each short-lived occupation is humorous, but Zombie's is baleful look and apathetic demeanour seem to be barely covering deep sadness, we know not why. Along the way, Zombie has several encounters with The Ghost Train, the grim reapers of rock, a band that ‘has many gigs, but nobody has ever heard it play’. He drifts with the flow of life, between Istanbul and Helsinki, but loses track of reality.

Directed by Mika Kaurismäki, the film is a tragicomedy about Zombi, a young musician trying to find a place for himself in a band and in the world.

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The City

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Tongue Twister

Tongue Twister

Zombie and The Ghost Train

Zombie and The Ghost Train

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Turkish Chronicles

Explore the Museum with the Little Yellow Circle!

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Giorgio de Chirico

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Good News from the Skies

Good News from the Skies

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