Veiko Õunpuu's Last Men

“I guess we’re the same nation really, Finns and Estonians, just divided by a sea and with a different history because of that. Estonians are just bitterer (for the obvious reasons). I think humour is inevitable, inescapable, omnipresent and absolute (said with a smile of course).”

In a mere three films, Veiko Õunpuu has carved out a niche in world cinema (to say nothing of his impact in his native Estonia). His films, he describes as rhythms; armed with an expansive knowledge of Bresson, Fellini,...