Drifting Clouds
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Aki Kaurismäki
Ilona and Lauri are a hardworking, determined couple. She is head waiter in a restaurant, while he is a tramcar conductor. One day, they find themselves both out of work. Thus begins an unremitting fight to get back what they lost...
With : Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Elina Salo, Markku Peltola, Matti Onnismaa, Sulevi Peltola, Shelley Fischer, Markus Allan, Mustafa Altin
Screenplay : Aki Kaurismäki
Image : Timo Salminen
Sound : Jouko Lumme
Editing : Aki Kaurismäki
Screenplay : Aki Kaurismäki
Image : Timo Salminen
Sound : Jouko Lumme
Editing : Aki Kaurismäki
Production : Sputnik Oy
Distribution: Pyramide
Distribution: Pyramide
"I wanted to make a neo-realist film in colour, and with humour, since humour is lacking in De Sica's style. I drew from Ozu as well in my manner of telling the story – establishing a distance between the camera and the characters, with no close ups. Afterwards, I realised I had also been influenced by Douglas Sirk and Edward Hopper." (A. Kaurismäki) "It is a film of contained fury, built upon the absolute indignity of a social situation, and the absolute dignity of those caught within it." (J.M. Frodon) "There's some Buster Keaton in Kaurismäki's films, particularly in the rigor of his pared-down directing that makes each detail meaningful. (...) Behind the refusal to rely on long dialogue, the film's economy of words and gestures, is a genuine generosity and sense of solidarity that doesn't need to be underlined.