Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenCast:
Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari, Kylli Köngäs, Pekka Laiho, Jukka-Pekka Palo, Svante Korkiakoski, Safka Pekkonen (more)VOD (1)
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Nikander (Matti Pellonpää) is stuck in a dead end job as a garbage man. His life is lonely and unsatisfying until he strikes up an uneasy romance with Ilona (Kati Outinen), an embittered unemployed former store clerk. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Matti Pellonpää
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Kati Outinen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Sakari Kuosmanen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
Esko Nikkari
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Winter War (1989)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Kylli Köngäs
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Village People (2013)
Pekka Laiho
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Jukka-Pekka Palo
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Soap (2006)
Svante Korkiakoski
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Safka Pekkonen
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Juha (1999)
Mari Rantasila
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
Calamari Union (1985)
Antti Ortamo
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Mato Valtonen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Sakari Järvenpää
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Calamari Union (1985)
Ulla Kuosmanen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Neka Haapanen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Pentti Koski
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Teuvo Rissanen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Ari Korhonen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Erkki Rissanen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Riikka Kuosmanen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)