Shadows in Paradise

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Shadows in Paradise

Shadows in Paradise DVD cover
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by Mika Kaurismäki
Written by Aki Kaurismäki
Starring
Cinematography Timo Salminen
Editing by Raija Talvio
Release dates
  • 17 October 1986 (1986-10-17)
Running time 74 minutes
Country Finland
Language Finnish

Shadows in Paradise (Finnish: Varjoja paratiisissa) is a 1986 Finnish art house comedy-drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The film stars Kati Outinen as Ilona and Matti Pellonpää as Nikander. Ilona is a supermarket check-out clerk who meets Nikander, a lonely garbage man, and they develop romantic feelings towards each other. Both of them are extremely shy so this hinders fast development of their relationship.

Shadows in Paradise was awarded the Best Film award at the 1987 Jussi Awards.[1]

This is the first film in Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy (Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl). The trilogy has been released on Region One DVD by Criterion, in their Eclipse box-sets,[2] and on region-free Blu-ray discs by Future Film in Scandinavia.

Cast and characters

References

  1. Awards given to Aki Kaurismäki, Orimattila Town Library, 6 March 2008. Accessed 23 February 2009.
  2. Criterion/Eclipse 12.

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