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Director:
Aki Kaurismäki
Writer:
Aki Kaurismäki (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
October 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Crime | Romance more
Plot:
The movie tells the story of Taisto Kasurinen, a finnish coal miner whose father has just committed... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Shadows In Paradise Ariel The Match Factory Girl
 (From The AV Club. 28 October 2008, 9:01 PM, PDT)
On DVD: Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy, "Shadow"
 (From IFC. 23 September 2008, 11:36 AM, PDT)
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A Study in Acceptance and Spontaneity - a Way of Being that Defies Circumstance more (13 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Turo Pajala ... Taisto Kasurinen
Susanna Haavisto ... Irmeli Pihlaja
Matti Pellonpää ... Mikkonen
Eetu Hilkamo ... Riku
Erkki Pajala ... Kaivosmies
Matti Jaaranen ... Pahoinpitelijä
Hannu Viholainen ... Apuri
Jorma Markkula ... Prikkamies
Tarja Keinänen ... Nainen Satamassa
Eino Kuusela ... Mies rannalla
Kauko Laalo ... Asuntolanhoitaja
Jyrki Olsonen ... Mies Asuntolassa
Esko Nikkari ... Autokauppias
Marja Packalén ... Tuomari (as Marja Packalen)
Mikko Remes ... Vankilalääkäri
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ariel (USA)
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Runtime:
73 min
Country:
Finland
Language:
Finnish
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-12 (original rating) | Iceland:L | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:Not Rated
Company:
Finnish Film Foundation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Aki Kaurismäki wrote the script over a weekend. more
Quotes:
Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja: [Taisto and Irmeli has just been on their first date] What shall we do now?
Taisto Olavi Kasurinen: Let's get marriend and have a child.
Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja: I already have a child.
Taisto Olavi Kasurinen: That's good. We'll spare some time.
Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja: Are you always so self-confident?
Taisto Olavi Kasurinen: This is the first time.
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Movie Connections:
Features High Sierra (1941) more
Soundtrack:
Menneitä muistellessa more

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A Study in Acceptance and Spontaneity - a Way of Being that Defies Circumstance, 30 March 2004
Author: Daniel Hall (daniel_c_hall@yahoo.es) from Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

Director-screenwriter Kaurismäki seems to portray a way of feeling that defies circumstance. The protagonists see contentment and adversity without glee, remorse or recrimination. There is an unspoken lesson. In relating to one another the protagonists do not require validation, offer explanations or make demands. Main character Taisto faces the coarsest of the coarse amicably without fawning fearfully or retaliating reactively. Another character, the boy, is intelligent, quiet, never doubts, has no complex puzzlement about loyalty. What is remarkable is that none of the foregoing is typical of a real, live modern person: most of us spend thousands attempting to reach such a state of grace.

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