Finland / Germany / France,
2002, 97 min
Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenCast:
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Annikki Tähti, Anneli Sauli, Elina Salo, Outi Mäenpää, Esko Nikkari (more)VOD (1)
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Aki Kaurismaki's The Man Without a Past opens with the title character (Markku Peltola) being savagely beaten. At the hospital he is declared dead, but he sits up and walks out on his own power. He is taken in by a mother and her two sons, discovers an old jukebox that inspires local musicians, and discovers he has skills as a welder. When he becomes unwittingly involved in a bank robbery, and the man is unable to give the police his name, the cops send out feelers trying to figure out the man's identity. Soon his wife appears. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2003 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Foreign Language Film)
European Film Awards
- 2002 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Film)
- 2002 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Director)
- 2002 - Markku Peltola (Best Actor)
- 2002 - Kati Outinen (Best Actress)
- 2002 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Screenwriter)
- 2002 - Timo Salminen (Best Cinematographer)
- 2002 - Aki Kaurismäki (People's Choice Award Best Director)
César Awards
- 2003 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best European Union Film)
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2003 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Non-American Film)
Jussi Awards
- 2003 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Film)
- 2003 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Direction)
- 2003 - Kati Outinen (Best Actress)
- 2003 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Screenplay)
- 2003 - Timo Salminen (Best Cinematography)
- 2003 - Timo Linnasalo (Best Editing)
- 2003 - Markku Peltola (Best Actor)
Guldbagge Awards
- 2002 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Foreign Film)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2003 - Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 2002 - Aki Kaurismäki (Grand Prize)
- 2002 - Kati Outinen (Best Actress)
- 2002 - Aki Kaurismäki (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury)
- 2002 - Aki Kaurismäki (Golden Palm - Official Competition)
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 2002 - Aki Kaurismäki (FIPRESCI Film of the Year)