Finnish Oscar entry ‘The Squirrel’ earns Aki Kaurismäki’s praise

Variety reports that Markus Lehmusruusu’s futuristic drama ‘The Squirrel’ has been selected as Finland’s Oscar submission. Lehmusruusu also recounts praise from Aki Kaurismäki, who he says compared it to ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ but called it better because it was “full of humanism.”