Eclipse Series 12: Aki Kaurismaki's Proletariat Trilogy (1986-1990) [The Criterion Collection] [REPOST]

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.



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The poignant, deadpan films of Aki Kaurismaki 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, Kaurismaki 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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The movie tells the story of Taisto Kasurinen, a finnish coal miner whose father has just committed suicide and who is framed for a crime he did not commit. In jail, he starts to dream about leaving the country and starting a new life. He escapes from prison but things don't go as planned…

Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää, Eetu Hilkamo, Erkki Pajala, Matti Jaaranen, Hannu Viholainen, Jorma Markkula, Tarja Keinänen, Eino Kuusela, Kauko Laalo, Jyrki Olsonen, Esko Nikkari, Marja Packalén, Mikko Remes, Tomi Salmela, Reijo Marin, Heikki Salomaa, Veikko Uusimäki, Esko Salminen, Hannu Kivisalo, Pekka Wilen, Sakari Kuosmanen





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Iris has a dead-end job in a match-factory, lives with her dour and forbidding parents, and her social life is a disaster. But when she is made pregnant after a one-night stand by a man who thought she was a prostitute, she decides that enough is enough and plans her revenge…

Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko, Reijo Taipale, Silu Seppälä, Outi Mäenpää, Marja Packalén, Richard Reitinger, Helka Viljanen, Kurt Siilas, Ismo Keinänen, Klaus Heydemann, Erkki Friman, Tapani Ikonen, Jari Lappalainen, Lasse Luoto





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An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a co-worker, an affair and much more.

Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari, Kylli Köngäs, Pekka Laiho, Jukka-Pekka Palo, Svante Korkiakoski, Mari Rantasila, Safka Pekkonen, Antti Ortamo, Mato Valtonen, Sakke Järvenpää, Ulla Kuosmanen, Neka Haapanen, Pentti Koski, Ari Korhonen, Teuvo Rissanen, Erkki Rissanen, Sirkka Silin, Marina Martinoff, Jussi Tiitinen, Riikka Kuosmanen, Aki Kaurismäki





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