Crew

Written, directed and produced by : Aki Kaurismäki
1st assistant director : Pauli Pentti
2nd assistant director : Nathalie Herr, Gilles Charmant
Casting : Delphine Bonnemasson
Aki Kaurismäki’s assistant : Irmeli Debarle
Continuity girl : Haije Alanoja
Director of photography : Timo Salminen
1st assistant camera : Jacques Cheuiche
2nd assistant camera : Muriel Coulin
Gaffer : Olli Varja, Peter Hoffmann
Key grip : Wolfgang Kluge
Groupman : Philippe Gibier
Still photographer : Moune Jamet
Sound engineers : Jouko Lumme, Timo Linnasalo
Sound editing : Jouko Lumme
Sound mixing : Tom Forsström, La Fondation Finlandaise de Cinématographie
Foley : Mel Kutbay, Mcloton
Sets decorator : John Ebden
Assistant : Mark Lavis
Props master : Heikki Ukkonen
Assistant decorator : Brigitte Perreau
Set decoration trainee: Guillaume Lemoine
Painter and Mrs Laika’s coach : Paula Oinonen
Miss Piitu’s coach : Outi Eranti
Costume designer : Simon Murray
Editing : Veikko Aaltonen
Sound synchronisation : Nina Jansson
Catering : Erkki Lahti, Kari Pulkkinen, Jean-Claude Ambah, Capital Catering
Executive producer : Klaus Heydemann
Production manager : Gilles Sacuto, Raili Salmi
Location manager : Pierre-Yves Parrinet
Trainees : Rémi Pradinas, Marc Laurent Desrues
Production assistants : Christine Vitel (Paris), Haije Alanoja (Finland)
Production coordinator : Sinikka Telerante, Corinne Ringot
Post-production coordinators: Erkki Astala, Jaako Talaskivi
Translation: Irmeli et Philippe Debarle
International sales : Wolrd Sales Christa Saredi
Music performed by : Damia, Little Willie John, Sacy Sand, Mouloudji, Mauri Sumen, Serge Reggiani, Tchaikovsky, Georg Ots, The Fake Trashmen, Toshitake Shinohara
Lab : Metrocolor, Londres
Color grading : Stan
Lane Equipment : Villealfa Filmproductions Oy
Camera : Arriflex BL II
Generator : Multivots
Insurances : Les Assurances Continentales, Yrittajain Fennia
Line producers : Paula Oinonen, Francis Boespflug, Willmar Andersson

Production information

Production : Sputnik Oy
In coproduction with : Pyramide Production S.A - Films A2, France The Swedish Film Institute Pandora Film, Gmbh, Germany
With the participation of Canal +, Sofinergie 2, the Ministry of Culture and Communication (Centre National de la Cinématographie).
And with the support of the Finnish Film Foundation / Kari Kyronseppa, The Nordisk Film Foundation / Bengt Forslund.
Thanks to Café Lutétia (M. Benamou), Brasserie de l'Ecole Militaire, Hôtel du Midi, Bar Cirta, Malakoff and Ivry-sur-Seine inhabitants.