Drifting Clouds (DVD)

Description: Parental Guidance / Director: Aki Kaurismäki / Actors: Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo, Sakari Kuosmanen, ... more

Drifting Clouds (DVD) ... Markku Peltola ... / DVD released 2003-03-14 at Sandrew Metronome / Features of the DVD: PAL, Import, Widescreen

Newest Review: ... favourite actress, Kati Outinen, stars as Ilona. I've become very fond of her following several of her films - she is as ... more

... plain as can be and poker-faced with it, but she comes across as being totally natural and my sympathy grows with her during the course of each film. Here, she is hard-working and just wants to make an honest living, but, due to unforeseen circumstances, she doesn't seem able to. In this film, she is more loving than usual - she doesn't obviously express it, but there is a subtle show of affection for her husband and, at one point, grief over a photo of what appears to be a dead child. After the extreme displays of a...more

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	Drifting Clouds [ English subtitles ] [DVD] Release Date: 2003 - 03 - 14, Rating Parental Guidance, Last Update 25.12.2009 05:45	£ 22.99

Drifting Clouds [ English subtitles ] [DVD]
Release Date: 2003 - 03 - 14, Rating Parental Guidance,

Last Update 25.12.2009 05:45

£ 22.99

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Drifting Clouds (DVD): Drifting around Helsinki (885 words)
by - written on 08/11/09 (Very useful, 77 readings)
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Ilona and Lauri both have reasonably good jobs in Helsinki: Ilona is a head waiter, Lauri is a tram driver. Then they both get made redundant within a few weeks of each other. Lauri refuses to sign on and, already in debt, they are plunged into despair. Searching for jobs is no easy feat, especially when Lauri finds out that he is deaf in one ear and will never be able to drive again. Can they come to terms with their predicament, or will it be the ruin of their relationship? Directed by famous Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki, Drifting Clouds is typical of many of his films - it provides a depressing view of Finland and the Finnish, interspersed with a little ... Read the complete review

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