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Los Feliz 3 | ‘Happy Hours: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Series’
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- RELEASED IN: 1986
- 74 MINUTES
- DIRECTED BY: Aki Kaurismäki
ABOUT THE FILM:
In Finnish with English subtitles.
Lonely garbageman Nikkander (Matti Pellonpää) finds himself directionless after losing his friend and co-worker to a sudden heart attack; unlikely redemption comes in the form of plain supermarket cashier Ilona (Kati Outinen, in her first of many performances for Kaurismäki), with whom he begins a tentative love affair. Boiling down what is essentially a romantic comedy to a series of spare and beautiful gestures, Kaurismäki conjures an unexpected delight that finds hope blossoming even amid gray surroundings.
FORMAT: DCP
DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films
COUNTRY: Finland
