The Liar
February 27, 1981•0h 53m•★ 6.2
ComedyDrama
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.
Director
Mika KaurismäkiWriters
Cast
Aki Kaurismäki
Ville Alfa
Pirkko Hämäläinen
Tuula
Juuso Hirvikangas
Juuso
Matti Pellonpää
Fan of Chandler
?
Lars Lindberg
Harri
?
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
?
Juice Leskinen
Himself
?
Esa Sirkkunen
Olli
?
Jukka Järvelä
Man at Bar Counter
?
Marja Heiskanen
Kiosk Vendor
?
Toni Sulzbeck
Bum
?
Taina Nyström
Girl in Pavement Cafe
?
Juhani Tommola
Doorman
?
Reino Markkanen
?
Paula Kaurismäki
?
Tapio Saariaho
?
Virve Larimo