|
|
|
Key Information
|
| Directors: |
Aki Kaurism?ki |
| Stars: |
Kati Outinen |
| Actors: |
Kaija Pakarinen |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Rock Documentaries · Comedy · Finnish |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
043396103979 |
| Release Date: |
2003 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 37min |
|
Languages
|
| Release Language: |
English (Subtitled) |
| Original Language: |
Finnish |
|
DVD Editions
|
| : |
Format: DVD, 1hr 37min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (October 07, 2003)
UPC: 043396002203 |
|
VHS Editions
|
| : |
Format: VHS: English Subtitled, 1hr 37min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (October 07, 2003)
UPC: 043396103979 |
|
Credits
|
| Screenwriter: |
Aki Kaurism?ki |
|
Professional Reviews
|
| : |
(02/01/2003, p.105, Wendy Ide): "Relying heavily on atmospheric silence and stoic stillness, the film is wholly and completely involving. The soundtrack is superb..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
An unidentified man gets severely beaten by a trio of thugs and ends up in the hospital, where he dies--but suddenly reawakens without knowing who he is. He wanders into a small, poverty-stricken community where families live in small containers and a night out means dinner at the Salvation Army. It is there that M meets Irma, another poor soul looking for a better life--and maybe love. Aki Kaurism?ki's THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST begins with horrible violence, but after that it becomes a longing, beautiful study of love and loneliness, of pain and poverty, of faith and fragility. Markku Peltola stars as the amnesiac known only as M; Kati Outinen plays Irma with great care and tenderness for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Finnish writer-director-producer Kaurism?ki's film won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes; it is wonderfully satiric, sweet and innocent, and brutally honest, following in the footsteps of such other Kaurism?ki triumphs as JUHA and THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL. |
| Return to top |
|
- Add to My Yahoo!: 
- Add to Google Homepage: 
