Aki Kaurismäki, born in 1957, grew up into "the age terrorised by the television" and has managed to stick to the inseparable realities of the real world and the "deep screen" of the 35mm film. He never used any other material, and he is simply very proud for having joined in the continuity and tradition of "real cinema". His minimalist style is all his own. He never entered the Finnish Film School. At the same time his films are full of quotations but always invisible, a part of a constant dialogue where particles of film culture reveal realities of human environment, society and psyche.