Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Mika Kaurismäki Director
- Aki Kaurismäki as Ville Alfa
- Pirkko Hämäläinen as Tuula
- Juuso Hirvikangas as Juuso
- Matti Pellonpää as Fan of Chandler
- Lars Lindberg as Harri
- Mikko Mattila as Fan of Hemingway
- Eija Vilpas as Woman at Bar Counter
- Markku Peltola as Ball thrower in Mermaid Hall
- Mikko Kivinen as Sturdy Ball Thrower in Mermaid Hall
- Juice Leskinen Cast
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