Aki Kaurismäki scored one of his biggest hits with this winsome ode to community and kindness. Earning an Oscar® nod for foreign picture alongside its armful of prizes from Cannes, The Man Without a Past harmonises compassion and rarefied stylistic poise into a swoonworthy serenade to humanity.

Having just finished Le Havre in the titular French city, Aki Kaurismäki hopped over to Guimarães, Portugal to shoot his segment of the anthology film Centro Historico. Attuned to the gentle rhythms of the small tourist town, Tavern Man is a yearning, dialogue-free meditation on unfulfilled dreams.