Helmi Kajaste
doctoral researcher
Finland
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| UMBERTO D. | 1952 | Vittorio De Sica |
| The Night of the Hunter | 1955 | Charles Laughton |
| All That Heaven Allows | 1955 | Douglas Sirk |
| A Woman under the Influence | 1974 | John Cassavetes |
| Late Spring | 1949 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| The House Is Black | 1962 | Forough Farokhzad |
| Mon oncle | 1958 | Jacques Tati |
| Girl Friends | 1978 | Claudia Weill |
| The Awful Truth | 1937 | Leo McCarey |
| Spend It All | 1971 | Les Blank |
Comments
I tried to choose films that have managed to lead me like a ram on a leash, as we say in Finnish, with no hesitations. Films that are clearly masterfully made by people who know what they are doing, and yet also have some inexplicable magic to them.