The Liar (1981)
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.
- Released
- 1981-02-27
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 53 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mika Kaurismäki
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 from 20 votes
Cast
- Aki Kaurismäki as Ville Alfa
- Pirkko Hämäläinen as Tuula
- Juuso Hirvikangas as Juuso
- Matti Pellonpää as Fan of Chandler
- Lars Lindberg as Harri
- Mikko Mattila as Fan of Hemingway
- Eija Vilpas as Woman at Bar Counter
- Markku Peltola as Ball thrower in Mermaid Hall
- Mikko Kivinen as Sturdy Ball Thrower in Mermaid Hall
- Juice Leskinen as Himself
- Esa Sirkkunen as Olli
- Jukka Järvelä as Man at Bar Counter