| Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : digital., color, Dolby digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical Dolby digital 5.0 rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture |
| Note |
DVD, Region 1 encoding, widescreen 1.85:1 ; Dolby digital 5.0. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Timo Salminen ; editor, Timo Linnasalo ; wardrobe, Outi Harjupatana ; set designer, Marikku Pätilä. |
| Cast |
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Tähti, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, Säkari Kuosmanen. |
| Summary |
After a man is beaten and declared dead, he suddenly sits up and walks out of the hospital on his own. Determined to start his life over in a new town and unable to remember his name or anything about his past, he becomes involved with a mother and her sons. Everything seems good until his past comes back to haunt him. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence. |
| Original Version |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. |
| Language |
Finnish dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Awards |
Cannes Film Festival, 2002: Best Actress (Kati Outinen); Grand Prize of the Jury (Aki Kaurismäki); Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Aki Kaurismäki). |
| Subject |
Assault and battery -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Memory disorders -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Foreign films, Finnish.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Kaurismäki, Aki, 1957- film producer, screenwriter, film director.
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Peltola, Markku, 1956-2007, actor.
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Outinen, Kati, 1961- actor.
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Tähti, Annikki, 1929- actor.
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Niemelä, Juhani, 1941- actor.
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Pakarinen, Kaija, 1954- actor.
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Kuosmanen, Sakari, 1956- actor.
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Salminen, Timo, cinematographer.
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Linnasalo, Timo, film editor.
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Sputnik Oy (Firm)
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
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Bavaria Film International (Firm)
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Pandora Film (Firm)
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Mies vailla menneisyyttä |
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