Road North
– A sly riff on the Prodigal Son story, Mika Kaurismaki's latest — about a joyless workaholic concer..
A sly riff on the Prodigal Son story, Mika Kaurismaki's latest — about a joyless workaholic concert pianist who ends up on a wild ride with his long-lost rapscallion father — is a funny and cogent analysis of machismo, abandonment issues and the value of reconnecting with one's roots. (TIFF)
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