The Liar

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.

Directed by Mika Kaurismäki

Top cast

Aki Kaurismäki

Ville Alfa

Pirkko Hämäläinen

Tuula

Juuso Hirvikangas

Juuso

Matti Pellonpää

Fan of Chandler

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Lars Lindberg

Harri

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Mikko Mattila

Fan of Hemingway

Eija Vilpas

Woman at Bar Counter

Markku Peltola

Ball thrower in Mermaid Hall

Mikko Kivinen

Sturdy Ball Thrower in Mermaid Hall

J

Juice Leskinen

Himself

E

Esa Sirkkunen

Olli

J

Jukka Järvelä

Man at Bar Counter

M

Marja Heiskanen

Kiosk Vendor

T

Toni Sulzbeck

Bum

T

Taina Nyström

Girl in Pavement Cafe

J

Juhani Tommola

Doorman

R

Reino Markkanen

P

Paula Kaurismäki

T

Tapio Saariaho

V

Virve Larimo

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