Drifting Clouds
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Venue:
Rochester Independent College's Gainsborough Conference Centre, 254 St Margarets Bank, High Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1HY. Opposite Rochester Train Station (see map)
Film: Drifting Clouds
Certificate: 15
Running time: 96 mins
Year: 1996
Country: Finland
Awards
Cannes Film Festival, Jussi Awards, São Paulo, Tromsø International Film Festival
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writer: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo
Synopsis
Among Kaurismäki's finest films, 'Drifting Clouds' follows the dwindling fortunes of restaurant hostess Ilona and her tram driver husband Lauri, who find themselves unemployed at the same time. Embarking on an unforgiving search for work in a recession-hit Helsinki, Kaurismäki's comic masterpiece transforms the pair's plight into a hugely affecting story of hope and survival. Funny, tragic and uplifting, if suffering can ever be said to be noble, that nobility can be found here.
Links:
Internet Movie Database on Drifting Clouds
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