FRI NOV 10, 2023 1:00 PM ARIEL $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | ‘Happy Hours: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Series’ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: In Finnish with English subtitles. In Aki Kaurismäki’s drolly existential crime drama, a coal miner named Taisto (Turo Pajala) attempts to leave behind a provincial life of inertia and economic despair, only to get into ever deeper trouble. Yet a minor-key romance with a hilariously dispassionate meter maid (Susanna Haavisto) might provide a light at the end of a very dark tunnel. ARIEL, which boasts a terrific soundtrack of Finnish tango and Baltic pop music and lovely cinematography by Kaurismäki’s longtime cameraman Timo Salmimen, put its director on the international map. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films COUNTRY: Finland