
53 minutes
2/27/1981
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.

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
Marja Heiskanen
as Kiosk Vendor
Toni Sulzbeck
as Bum
Taina Nyström
as Girl in Pavement Cafe
Juhani Tommola
as Doorman
Reino Markkanen
Paula Kaurismäki
Tapio Saariaho
Virve Larimo
Jukka Anttila
Tinnu Suninen
Kalevi Kannisto
Anne-Mari Salo
Markku Oikkonen