Cast
Crew
J
Jaana Puhakka
Extras Casting
N
Nina Jansson
Sound Editor
E
Eila Karkkunen
Negative Cutter
R
Risto Karhula
Production Design
T
Tom Forsström
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
J
Jan-Eric Nyström
Title Designer
H
Heikki Ukkonen
Property Master
M
Mauri Laaksonen
Title Designer
B
Börje Hellén
Assistant Camera
P
Pirjo Laivuori
Colorist
Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy
The poignant, deadpan films of Aki Kaurismäki are pitched somewhere in the wintry nether lands between comedy and tragedy. And rarely in his body of work has the line separating those genres seemed thinner than in what is often identified as his "Proletariat Trilogy," Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl. In these three films, something like social-realist farces, Kaurismäki surveys the working-class outcasts of his native Finland with detached yet disarming amusement. Featuring commanding, off-key visual compositions and delightfully dour performances, the films in this triptych exemplify the talents of a unique and highly influential film artist.
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