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- Drifting Clouds, the first entry in the acclaimed "losers" trilogy, was meant to be an exception, the script having been written specifically as a follow-up to Shadows.
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And yet, for all the misery that permeates the picture, Drifting Clouds is actually the most optimistic of the "losers" films: perhaps remembering what the movie was originally meant to be, the director fills almost every frame (minus the Nikkari scene) with gags, in order to lighten the mood.
Jul 10, 1998 · Drifting Clouds: Directed by Aki Kaurismäki. With Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo, Sakari Kuosmanen. The recession hits a couple in Helsinki.
- (8.3K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Aki Kaurismäki
- 1998-07-10
Apr 4, 2017 · The second part of what came to be known as the ‘loser trilogy’, following Drifting Clouds and preceding Lights in the Dusk (2006), The Man without a Past proved Kaurismäki’s biggest critical hit to date, taking home a slew of awards at Cannes (including the Grand Jury prize and best actress for Kati Outinen) and an Oscar nomination for ...
Drifting Clouds (Finnish: Kauas pilvet karkaavat) is a 1996 Finnish comedy drama film edited, written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen and Markku Peltola. The film is the first in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being The Man Without a Past and Lights in the Dusk.
- FIM 5,562,154 (approx. € 935,000)
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Timo Salminen
- 26 January 1996
Drifting Clouds is about some familiar Kaurismäki subjects: work, unemployment, and a small, self-run business. The main characters are a married couple, Ilona and Lauri, played by two of Kaurismäki’s doe-eyed, heavy-set, resolutely unglamorous regulars, Kati Outinen and Kari Väänänen. These actors are utterly lovable in their silently ...
In "Drifting Clouds," a woman loses her job at a bankrupt restaurant, her husband is laid off by the transport system, their TV is repossessed, she pays her savings to an employment agency for another job, she isn't paid, and when her husband tries to collect he gets beaten up. But there's a happy ending.
Rated: 3.5/4 Feb 4, 2019 Full Review Mark Jenkins Washington Post In addition to achieving a paradoxical balance of mirth and melancholy, Drifting Clouds is a dark, mostly interior movie with a ...
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- Comedy, Drama
