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In Drifting Clouds Kaurismäki wanted to continue his stories about "losers with high morality.": Ilona and Lauri are two lovers living in Helsinki. Suddenly recession hits them and both of them lose their jobs. The desperate search for work starts when neither of them wants to take welfare from the state.
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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.
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The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
Drifting Clouds. Sudden unemployment tests a couple's (Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen) marriage, pride and resourcefulness.
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- Kati Outinen
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Comedy, Drama
An early gem from Finnish maestro Aki Kaurismäki, Drifting Clouds is a deceptively simple story. The aftermath of job losses for wife Ilona (Kati Outinen) and husband Lauri (Kari Väänänen) holds a series of misfortunes, all of them tests to their marital bond.
Drifting Clouds. 1h 35m. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki • 1996 • Finland Starring Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo. The chilly landscapes of Helsinki are warmed by the gentle humanism and wry humor of Aki Kaurismäki in the first installment of his FINLAND TRILOGY, a deadpan tale of everyday survival in the face of overwhelming obstacles.
