The Man Without a Past (2002) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Mies vailla menneisyyttä (The Man Without a Past)
Year
2002
Running time
97 min.
Country
Finland
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Various
Cinematography
Producer
Co-production Finland-Germany-France;
Genre
Comedy. Drama. Romance | Poverty. Black Comedy. Comedy-Drama
Movie Groups
Synopsis
The second part of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland" trilogy. 'The Man Without a Past' delivers a new edge to the story that stirred viewers all around the world in 'Drifting Clouds'. Without side-stepping bitter issues, one could paint an image of a small country in the North in a touching, amusing, and liberating way. At the beginning of this new film, a man has travelled to Helsinki in search of work, gets mugged, loses his memory, and has to start completely anew, from scratch. He discovers love, and is forced to discover values with which man will not be ashamed to live. A small story about people who still know how to be gentle, an enormous cinematic experience..
Rankings Position
Awards
2002: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture
2002: 3 Awards in el Cannes Film Festival, including Best Actress, Jury Prize
2002: San Sebastián: FIPRESCI Award: Best Movie Of the Year
2002: César Awards: Nominated for Best European Movie
2002: Guldbagge Awards (Sweden): Best Foreign Film
2002: European Film Awards: 7 Nominations including Best Film
Critics' reviews
- "A powerful film made with minimal means, it's a story of poor people on the fringes of society, done without sentimentality or condescension but with wicked humor"
- "The message, if there must be one, of this marvelous, stubbornly personal movie is that there is a spark in every soul."
- "Offers up a subversive comic sensibility, one that somehow combines Buster Keaton's deadpan stare with Frank Capra's tireless optimism and filters them both through a black-ice Finnish point of view"
- "A dour-faced but sublime comedy about the kindness of strangers -- and about the strangeness of people who find themselves in oddball moments of grace."
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Ranking Lists Position
- 34 My Top 10 Movies from 2002 (88)
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