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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Aki Kaurismäki
Writer:
Aki Kaurismäki (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 August 2002 (Norway) more
Plot:
The second part of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland" trilogy, the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 20 wins & 21 nominations more
User Comments:
Utterly delightful more (93 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Markku Peltola ... M
Kati Outinen ... Irma
Juhani Niemelä ... Nieminen
Kaija Pakarinen ... Kaisa Nieminen
Sakari Kuosmanen ... Anttila
Annikki Tähti ... Manager of Flea Market
Anneli Sauli ... Bar Owner
Elina Salo ... Dock Clerk
Outi Mäenpää ... Bank Clerk
Esko Nikkari ... Bank Robber
Pertti Sveholm ... Police Detective
Matti Wuori ... Layer
Aino Seppo ... Ex-wife
Janne Hyytiäinen ... Ovaskainen
Antti Reini ... Electrician
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Der Mann ohne Vergangenheit (Germany)
Irtolainen (Finland) (working title)
L'homme sans passé (France)
The Man Without a Past (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violence.
Runtime:
97 min
Language:
Finnish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Helsinki, Finland
Company:
Bavaria Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the bar scene there is a portrait photo of Matti Pellonpää on the wall. He played in numerous Kaurismäki films before his sudden death in 1995. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The Helsinki railway station's extension roof is clearly visible at the opening scene, but it hadn't been build yet in 1996 (the year can be read from the newspaper). more
Quotes:
Anttila: Tickets.
M: What do you mean?
Anttila: You haven't paid.
M: But I organized this.
Anttila: That's what you think.
M: Is that so?
Anttila: Yes.
M: Fancy that.
Anttila: That's outrageous!
M: It is, isn't it?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more
Soundtrack:
That Crawlin' Baby Blues more

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26 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
Utterly delightful, 24 July 2004
9/10
Author: artzau from Sacramento, CA

This film is about as fast paced as Finnish films get, I guess. Don't look for a lot of facial expressions and a lot of overt body language because you ain't gonna get it. The film moves slowly like a Saami joiking in the sauna but it wonderful to behold with each deliberate step it takes. The characters may seem a little stiff to those of us unfamiliar with the inscrutable Finns but the great Finnish reserve which overlays the story line is tweaking at our whiskers at every shuffle forward in the story. It is really amazing that we have not seen other Finnish works before. This kind of off-the-wall story which has a wonderful basis of humanity underneath the more real than life characters clustered around a site with little or no conveniences of modern living in their sea container households. The odyssey of M who wanders through his voyage in search of himself only to be reconciled not with his long suffering and long awaiting Penelope but with a frustrated but good-hearted Major Barbara.

There are lots of puns visual and otherwise with the threads of incompetent cops, doctors, nurses, employment office workers interwoven with a comical wannabe bad-guy overseer, a rock'n roll Salvation Army band, a torch-songstress SA Major and the philosophical hero who honestly can't remember.

Check this one out without fail. It's pure fun...but just don't expect it run along at breakneck speed ala Hollywood...!

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