A hit in Finland, Mika Kaurismaeki's latest film takes a farcical look at love and divorce, Finnish style. When bored-with-each-other professional couple Tuula and Juhani decides on a divorce, they make a pact that they will continue to share their posh house for the moment,but no one is to bring home any "friends." After Juhani's friend hooks him up with a one-night stand that goes spectacularly awry,the deal's off and the ex-couple start to get competitive, with Tuula literally flying in a gigolo she used to know. A raft of comic coincidences and couplings energize this bawdy comedy. Official Selection, 2009 Toronto Film Festival.

DIR/SCR/PROD Mika Kaurismaeki; SCR Sami Keski-Vähälä, based on the novel by Petri Karra. Finland, 2009, color, 102 min. In Finnish with English subtitles NOT RATED

Wednesday, November 11, 8:45; Saturday, November 14, 5:00

AFI Member passes will be accepted.

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