Finland's schizoid psyche is once again on display in Zombie and the Ghost Train as young Zombie bounces from the army to down-and-out jobs, living with his girlfriend, drinking too much, and trying to get a gig with the Ghost Train, a band that's "seen but never heard." A rueful, darkly funny portrait of a skinny, terminally wistful bass player "on a collision course with oblivion", Zombie and the Ghost Train is a Sid Vicious story for the 90s, a punk tinged comedy about one pretty wasted guy.

"Part docu-fiction, part Hamlet-style tragedy and just a bit screwball." - New York Times

"It's as fine as anything either of the talented, charismatic Kaurismaki brothers has ever done. It's shot through with a dark, absurdist sense of humor and is ravishing to behold in its elegant, easy flow of shimmering images." - Los Angeles Times