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67% Critic Match
Zombie and the Ghost Train
6.7 / 10• 1991• 1h 30m•NR• Finnish
DramaComedyMusic
Storyline
Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?
Cast & Crew
Silu Seppälä
Antti Autiomaa, "Zombie"
LeadML
Marjo Leinonen
Marjo
Matti Pellonpää
Harri
Vieno Saaristo
Äiti
Juhani Niemelä
Antin isä
Kauko Laurikainen
Lääkäri
Sakke Järvenpää
Mulefukkers-yhtyeen kitaristi
Mato Valtonen
Mulefukkers-yhtyeen kontrabasisti
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mika Kaurismäki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Zombie and the Ghost Train is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
