Ansa works in a supermarket and usually spends her evenings in an empty apartment. The laborer Holappa, on the other hand, likes to spend his time with a bottle of liquor. A chance meeting at a karaoke bar sends sparks flying between them, and these likable outcasts finally have a chance at everlasting love. Can two lonely souls in search of happiness overcome the pitfalls of shyness, lost phone numbers, a man's penchant for alcohol and other unfortunate circumstances? Aki Kaurismäki, the distinctive Finnish director, presents his own charming take on a fateful romance imbued with a love of film and humor, which won the Jury Prize at Cannes.

Aki Kaurismäki / Finland, Germany / 2023 / 81 min / Finnish, Czech subtitles