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Mies vailla menneisyyttä (2002)

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• The second part of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland" trilogy, following Kauas pilvet karkaavat (1996).
  
  
• This film won the London Evening Standard's "Palm Dog" award at the Cannes Film Festival for the best animal role. The winning dog's name, aptly, is Tähti ("Star" in Finnish).
  
  
• 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.
  
  

• Chosen by "Telerama" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002 (#01, tied with "Hable con ella")
  
  

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