FM-M040-2002

The Man without a past

Video

DVD

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No

Available

Nominated for an academy award (2003 best foreign languag film), this second installation of acclaimed Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki's Finaland Trilogy is a comic drama that's both totally unique and completely irresistible. When a laborer (Markku Peltola) arrives in Helsinki in search of a job, he gets a brutal surprise beating in a local park by a group of thugs instead. He miaculously survives but amnesia prevents him from remembering anything, including his name. Soon a salvation army worker (2002 Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award Winner Kati Outinen0 develops a shy interest in im, and a asweet natural romance behins between the two. But just as the man's life begins to make sense again, his past suddenly returns to haunt him. Notes: Finnish with english subtitles. Director: Aki Kaurismaki. Actors: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen . Color. Country: Finland. Subtitled.