Hamlet Goes Business (1987)

Original title

Hamlet liikemaailmassa

Directed by

Aki Kaurismäki

Genre

drama film

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

K-7

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Finnish version of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in a wood processing company. A young man's father dies and his uncle takes over the business and marries his mother.

deadpanquirkybleakly comicslow-burnabsurdwryunderstatedoffbeat

What happens

Hamlet Goes Business (Finnish: Hamlet liikemaailmassa) is a 1987 Finnish comedy film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Pirkka-Pekka Petelius. It is based on William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, but the events are housed in a modern Finnish wood processing family business. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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