Finnish prizewinner Compartment No. 6 proves that rom-com formula works perfectly well with subtitles
For American audiences, Finnish cinema has long been more or less synonymous with morose deadpan comedy, as purveyed by Aki Kaurismäki (and to a lesser extent by his brother, Mika Kaurismäki). That might finally be about to change, though, as Juho Kuosmanen’s sophomore feature, Compartment No. 6, couldn’t be much more…