Director: Mika Kaurismäki
Script: Richard Rayner, Mika Kaurismäki
Based on the novel by Richard Rayner
Photography: Michael Amathieu
Editor: Ewa J. Lind
Music: Sebastian Cortella, Leningrad Cowboys
Production Design: Caroline Hanania
Principal Cast: David Tennant, Vinessa Shaw, Julie Delpy, Vincent Gallo, Leningrad Cowboys, Johnny Depp
Producers: Julie Baines, Sarah Daniel, Pierre Assouline
Co-Producer: Mika Kaurismäki
Production: Dan Films/Euro American Films/Marianna Films Production in association with The Arts Council of England, Baltic Media, The Yorkshire Media Production Agency, The Finnish Film Foundation with the participation of British Screen and BSkyB and co-produced by CLT-UFA International
International Sales: The Sales Company
Tel: +44 171 434 906 1
Fax: +44 171 494 329 3
Selected Filmography Mika Kaurismäki: Paperitähti, 1989; Cha Cha Cha, 1989; Zombie ja Kummitusjuna, 1991; Amazon, 1992; Last Border - viimeisell" rajalla, 1993; Tigrero: A Film that was never made, 1994; Condition Red, 1995; Sambolico, 1996.
Richard, at the age of 22, has inherited his father‘s undertaker’s business in Bradford, England. He has his life turned upside down during a burial when he meets Barbara, a beautiful young actress from Los Angeles. In hot pursuit of Barbara and a new life, Richard takes on the City of Angels. Mika Kaurismäki’s film, based on the best-seller of the same name by co-writer Richard Rayner, is the light-hearted and witty confrontation of two Europeans with Hollywood. The movie had its premiere at the film festival in Toronto. Mika Kaurismäki has succeeded in integrating “a few Finnish elements” into the film, such as the Leningrad Cowboys. Standing out among the excellent cast with a special guest appearance is Johnny Depp as Dead Man.