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The Man Without a Past- Aki Kaurismäki
The Grand Jury Prizewinner at the Cannes Film Festival, The Man Without a Past finds Finland's most famed director, Aki Kaurismäki, returning to expressive color, dialogue and dead-pan, Chaplinesque humor after his luminous black-and-white, silent offering, Juha (PIFF 23). Attacked by thugs and left for dead, M (Markku Peltola) miraculously regains consciousness at the hospital, but with no memory of who he is or from where he came. Back on the streets of Helsinki, M must rely on the kindness of strangers to survive and takes up residence in a container on the docks with an assortment of other world-weary souls. With the help of Salvation Army worker Irma (Kati Outinen, Cannes Best Actress prizewinner), he reconstructs a life and his fortunes begin to mount. In the end his past will catch
up to him, but will his new life have to be left behind? Both touching and funny, Kaurismäki's idiosyncratic B-movie fairy-tale/melodrama, the second of a trilogy on unemployment, is rich with humanity, warmth, humor and morality. (97 mins.) Print courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Selected Filmography: The Match Factory Girl (89),
I Hired a Contract Killer (90), Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (94), Drifting Clouds (96), Juha (99).
Showtimes: 2/14, 7:15pm and 2/16, 2:45pm GU.