Kauas pilvet karkaavat (1996)

Director:

Aki Kaurismäki

Writer:

Aki Kaurismäki (writer)

Release Date:

10 July 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

The recession hits a couple in Helsinki.

Plot Keywords:

Drunkenness | Tragedy | Unemployment | Cookery

Awards:

8 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Kati Outinen	...	Ilona
Kari Väänänen	...	Lauri
Elina Salo	...	Rouva Sjöholm (Mrs. Sjöholm)
Sakari Kuosmanen	...	Melartin
Markku Peltola	...	Lajunen
Matti Onnismaa	...	Forsström
Matti Pellonpää	...	Lapsi valokuvassa (Child in the Photograph)
Pietari	...	Pietari
Shelley Fisher	...	Pianisti (Pianist)
Markus Allan	...	Orkesteri (Band)
Pauli Granfelt	...	Orkesteri (Band)
Kari Lindqvist	...	Orkesteri (Band)
Pentti Mutikainen	...	Orkesteri (Band)
Tommi Parkkonen	...	Orkesteri (Band)
Taisto Wesslin	...	Orkesteri (Band)

Also Known As:

Drifting Clouds (UK)
Far Away the Clouds Escape (International: English title) (literal English title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Finland:S | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Helsinki, Finland

Company:

Sputnik

Trivia:

One of the restaurants in this film is named "Dubrovnik". Scenes set in that restaurant were filmed at Yrjönkatu 18, which at time were not an actual restaurant. However, in summer 2005 at this location opened restaurant G18. Bit later the Andorra cinema, which is co-owned by Kaurismäki brothers, was converted into new form and one of the theatre halls was changed into Dubrovnik Lounge & Lobby.

Quotes:

Restaurant chief: [Ilona is applying a new job] To be honest, you're beginning to be too old.
Ilona: I'm 36.
Restaurant chief: You can pass away at any time.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Carte de Visite - Der V'03-Trailer (2003)

Soundtrack:

Sulamit

A nice little movie

Well this is neither Italy in the forties or the fifties nor USA after the Great Depression though it could have happened there and then. Nor is this a neo-realistic movie made then by Visconti, Lattuada or De Sica though it sometimes looks like one. This is bright Finland of 1996 showing however its dark side too. Man and wife of a modest couple lose their jobs simultaneously and have to endure a lot of hardship trying to get employment again. Th story develops itself in a simple way without great flashes of style but it's true and human indeed with some touching episodes though not too melodramatic. The acting is not exceptionally good except in what concerns Kati Outinen whose face seems expressionless but whose marvellous eyes tell you everything that has to be said and is in her mind at every moment. Not a brilliant movie but quite an honest one and moving enough.