Shadows In Paradise

1986
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Title: Shadows In Paradise

Original Title: Varjoja paratiisissa

Year: 1986

Info

  • Country: Finland
  • Length: 76 Minutes (1 hour 16 min)
  • Genre: Comedy Drama Romance
  • Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)

Release Dates

  • United States: August 23 1990

Plot

In gray, class-conscious Helsinki, Nikander is a stoic, solitary garbage man. Cigarettes, coffee, bingo games, and English lessons border his circumscribed life. There are few words, no smiles, and no laughter. Violence and the threat of violence seem close at hand. Ilona, a supermarket clerk who frequently loses her job, bandages Nikander's hand one evening; later he gets her out of a jam, and they begin an on-again off-again relationship. "Why do I keep losing?," Nikander asks his co-worker, Melartin, a man Nikander met in jail and helped get a job. Can he break his losing streak? Forth film by the acclaimed Finish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki, author of masterpieces like 'A Man Without a Past' or 'Bohemian Life'.

Cast

Director:

Aki Kaurismäki Aki Kaurismäki

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