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Calamari Union (remake)

NB! Additional Screening Saturday 26th Sep at 11pm, Dubrovnik

Over the last several months, Lefebvre has been shooting a self-fi nanced remake of ”Calamari Union”, Kaurismäki’s 1985 cult fi lm about a bunch of aging Helsinki rockers who all mysteriously share the name ”Frank.” (…) Lefebvre has recruited a volunteer motley crew of Northwest musicians for various roles, including A-Holes guitarist Otis P. Otis, Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, Himsa guitarist Sammi Curr, celebrity street urchin Slats, promoter/Beltholes’ drummer Kwab Copeland, Caustic Resin front man Brett Netson, Spits leader Sean Spits, and Makers’ mastermind Mike Maker. Thanks to the simplicity of the Finnish script, the translation to a local canvas was nearly seamless.

– HANNAH LEVIN, SEATTLE WEEKLY

Richard Lefebvre’s long awaited re-make of Aki Kaurismaki’s ”Calamari Union”, an ultra-hip absurdist comedy that brought Kaurismäki’s trademark blend of deadpan humor, idiosyncratic irony, mannered minimalism and compelling humanism to the fore. (…) Seventeen men named Frank walk from Georgetown to Ballard in hope of finding a better life. Most of them die on the way.

– NORTHWEST FILM FORUM