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Highway Society

Highway Society

Germany / Finland | 1999, 92 min.

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Highway Society is as old as love is - the ultimate boy-meets-girl story. To start with Jack Bogart is too nice a person not to help the wealthy Verena Dirberg and her driver, when their Rolls Royce breaks down. This changes his life completely, as Mrs. Dirberg's daughter Elisabeth decides to choose Jack as the person to rescue her from the planned marriage with aristocrat Uli von Greeten. Then two old friends show up - Bruno and Popo - whom Jack owes a lot of money. He tries to disappear, but that doesn't work, so he ends up doing a job for his creditors, which involves a trip to Finland that will be most unusual and have an unexpected ending.

Director(-s): Mika Kaurismäki

Born in 1955. Studied at the Film and Television College in Munich. Together with his younger brother Aki, he established Villealfa Film Productions (1980). He founded distribution Company Senso Films in 1986. In 1987 he founded a second production company called Marianna Films. Co-founder of the Midnight Sun Film Festival. Member of the European Film Academy.

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Producer: Mariette Rissenbeek/Mika Kaurismäki

Cast: Kai Wiesinger, Marie Zielcke, Jochen Nickel, Hannes Hellmann, Michaela Rosen

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