Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenComposer:
Shelley FisherCast:
Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo, Sakari Kuosmanen, Matti Onnismaa, Markku Peltola, Markus Allan, Paul Granfelt, Kari Lindqvist, Tommi Parkkonen (more)VOD (1)
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The first film in Kaurismäki's "Finland Trilogy" examining the effect of social problems on the lives of ordinary Finns. The film is centred on a middle aged couple who both lose their jobs in quick succession and their attempts to cope and get their lives back on track. (Artificial Eye)
Cast
Kati Outinen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Kari Väänänen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Elina Salo
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Sakari Kuosmanen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
Matti Onnismaa
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Markku Peltola
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Markus Allan
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Disappearance of Finbar (1996)
Paul Granfelt
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Kari Lindqvist
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Tommi Parkkonen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Taisto Wesslin
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Shelley Fisher
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Pentti Mutikainen
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Solmu Mäkelä
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Outi Mäenpää
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Esko Nikkari
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Winter War (1989)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Sulevi Peltola
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
Frozen Land (2005)
Vesa Mäkelä
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Winter War (1989)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Tero Jartti
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Ambush (1999)
Rose-Marie Precht
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)