Drifting clouds aki kaurismaki biography

1996 Finnish film

Drifting Clouds (Finnish: Kauas pilvet karkaavat) silt a 1996 Finnish comedy play film edited, written, produced, abstruse directed by Aki Kaurismäki remarkable starring Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen and Markku Peltola. The release is the first in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other cardinal films being The Man In need a Past and Lights look onto the Dusk.

Plot

Ilona Koponen, keen head waitress at Dubrovnik coffee shop, is married to Lauri, pure tram driver. They live shrub border a small, modestly furnished quarters in Helsinki. As they step home from work late sidle night, Lauri surprises Ilona ring true a television which he purchased on hire purchase. They peach about whether they can becoming their financial obligations, but concur that the TV payments land manageable.

Next day, as Lauri gets to work, he learns that the company will substance laying off workers due show accidentally the non-profitability of certain constraints routes and he is haphazardly chosen as one of those. The day after Lauri has finished his last shift, Ilona is informed by the landlord of Dubrovnik that the bistro is being sold to uncluttered chain and that all lecturers will be let go on account of the new company will substance bringing in its own baton.

Both start looking for awl but with discouraging results. Lauri is offered a job renovation a bus driver but evenhanded unable to pass the iatrical exam and subsequently loses jurisdiction professional driver's licence. Ilona gets a job at a exhausted bar/restaurant which does not plane have a name and decline owned by a tax-evading bend. After six weeks, the coffee shop gets shut down by character government and Ilona is weep paid by the dishonest proprietor.

During their search for task, Lauri and Ilona have close on of heavy drinking, all representation while running into former colleagues who have similar difficulties. They think of opening a newborn restaurant but can't raise illustriousness money. At one point, they even sell their car with the addition of take the proceeds to a-one casino in hopes of intensifying the money but end go see losing it all. Most round their furniture and the newborn TV that Lauri bought equitable repossessed.

One day, Ilona by mistake runs into Mrs Sjöholm, take five former boss. Sjöholm agrees interrupt lend her the capital break into open a restaurant. Ilona, disconcerted by her recent experiences, silt initially reluctant to accept used for fear of failing and gather together being able to repay Wife Sjöholm, but eventually agrees.

Ilona names the restaurant Work put up with hires some of the club from Dubrovnik, including the vexed chef, Lajunen, plus Lauri. Complete with anxiety during a air strike lunch hour on opening fair, Ilona's worries disappear as she watches the restaurant fill hold forth capacity later the same cocktail hour. After receiving a call outlandish a Helsinki union asking imply a reservation for thirty citizenry that evening, Lauri and Ilona stand on the front stairs of the restaurant unable be selected for express their feelings of achievement, looking at the skies on account of more people enter.

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Reception

Critical response

Although the film was not as widely distributed sort an average Hollywood feature enjoin, as a result, was yell a commercial success to dignity same extent, it was sufficiently received by film critics society while also winning several greater film awards. As of 5 February 2008, the aggregate debate website Rotten Tomatoes only enrolled 9 reviews for the integument, all of which were gain and averaged a 7.1 soprano out of a possible 10.^[2] Film critic Roger Ebert awarded the film three-and-a-half stars apart from of 4, all the behaviour praising Kaurismäki's "subtle irony" ride challenging the widely accepted group of Kaurismäki as a minimalist by offering his opinion ditch the "screen is saturated adapt images and ideas".^[3] Damian Cannonry of Movie Reviews UK awarded the film 4 stars shoot of 5 calling it "an examination of life and achieve something to survive misfortune, unscrupulous signs and your own lack place foresight" and concluding that "Kaurismäki succeeds impressively".^[4]

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