The restaurant will have a capacity of about 300 people and will offer Brazilian food, wine, beer and other drinks.
There will also be live music on offer at Bossa, starting with Brazilian music about once a week. Later on, Kaurismäki would also like to programme a wider range of music performances.
Mika Kaurismäki is the elder brother of director Aki Kaurismäki. Unlike Aki, he is especially known for his international co-productions. During the past five years, Mika, who has lived in Rio de Janeiro since the early nineties, has delivered several films that focused on music and Brazil, such as Moro no Brasil (2002) and Brasileirinho (2005). His latest documentary, Sonic Mirror, explores different cultures through music and is centred around legendary jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham.
Mika Kaurismäki earlier co-founded the well-known Moskova and Corono bars in the centre of Helsinki. Between 1999 and 2001, he also used to run a music club in Rio de Janeiro: Mika's Bar.
Bossa will likely officially open around the 15th of November, although the bar side of the restaurant will be taken into use already some time earlier.
Related:
Watching the sound – FREE!'s interview with Mika Kaurismäki
Mika Kaurismäki – Official website