An unidentified man gets severely beaten by a trio of thugs and ends up in the hospital, where he dies--but suddenly reawakens without knowing who he is. He wanders into a small, poverty-stricken community where families live in small containers and a night out means dinner at the Salvation Army. It is there that M meets Irma, .. Read more
| Starring | Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemela, Sakari Kuosmanen |
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| Director | Aki Kaurismaki |
| Genres | Comedy, Thriller, World Cinema |
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An unidentified man gets severely beaten by a trio of thugs and ends up in the hospital, where he dies--but suddenly reawakens without knowing who he is. He wanders into a small, poverty-stricken community where families live in small containers and a night out means dinner at the Salvation Army. It is there that M meets Irma, another poor soul looking for a better life--and maybe love. Aki Kaurismaki's THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST begins with horrible violence, but after that it becomes a longing, beautiful study of love and loneliness, of pain and poverty, of faith and fragility. Markku Peltola stars as the amnesiac known only as M; Kati Outinen plays Irma with great care and tenderness for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Finnish writer-director-producer Kaurismaki's film won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes; it is wonderfully satiric, sweet and innocent, and brutally honest, following in the footsteps of such other Kaurismaki triumphs as JUHA and THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL.
| Starring | Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemela, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen |
|---|---|
| Director | Aki Kaurismaki |
| Studio | FUSION MEDIA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 36 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy, Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Finnish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2002 To Rent: DVD: 25 Aug 2003 |
"...Full of bright color, exquisitely strange dialogue and music....It is at once artful and unpretentious, sophisticated and completely accessible, sure of its own authority and generous toward characters and audience alike..."
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Excellent - must see
This Finnish 'comedy' is one of my favourite films of all time. The dialogue is blunt and to the point but there is a gentle warmth to all the ... read more »
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A complex and funny film.
I got beaten up a few weeks ago and as such can't remember too much about this film!!! However, I do recall that it was a very strange yet likeable Finnish ... read more »
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Hell in Helsinki
A man arrives by train in Helsinki, where he is beaten up in a park, pronounced dead in hospital, but walks away. With no memory, he ekes out a living among ... read more »
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A Comedy?
I cant understand why this is labeled as a comedy? I cant remember laughing. Maybe a chortle or two but definitely not very many laughs.
Its not that... read more »
Whacky Aki Kaurismaki is Finland's finest filmmaker; though that may not be saying much in a country with a population of just five million (17 inhabitants per square kilometer). Not surprisingly, solitude is a recurring theme in Kaurismaki's films, which are often portraits of morose introverts stuck in dead-end jobs. You know: comedies. There's a famous Finnish joke, about two old friends who meet for the first time in years. They go to a bar, and Peppe asks Mika how it's going? Mika knocks... Read more
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