Matti Pellonpää’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Matti Pellonpää has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Night on Earth.
Recurring themes

Heartburn
1986
Comedy · Drama

Boyfriends and Girlfriends
1987
Romance · Drama

The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989
Comedy · Drama

Torch Song Trilogy
1988
Comedy · Drama

The Breakfast Club
1985
Comedy · Drama

Educating Rita
1983
Drama · Comedy

Say Anything...
1989
Romance · Comedy

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
1980
Drama · Comedy
A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Dir. Jim Jarmusch · With Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Giancarlo Esposito

Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.
Dir. Aki Kaurismäki · With Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms

Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop between them.
Dir. Aki Kaurismäki · With Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
Dir. Aki Kaurismäki · With Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää

The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.
Dir. Aki Kaurismäki · With Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakke Järvenpää
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