The Man without a past

Friday October 23rd 2009  20.00
The Man without a past
Movie by Aki Kaurismäki
Kino Engel, Sofiankatu 4,Helsinki

Watch movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP59ZLGY3bQ

Another classic from one of my favorite film directors. It’s sad enough to make you laugh, and funny enough to make you cry.
- Director Jim Jarmusch

I have to admit that deep in my subconscious, there might have been a hopethat this step would make me seem normal, too. My social, economical andPolitical views of the state of society, moral and love can hopefully befound from the film itself.
– Director Aki Kaurismäki

Internationally renowned filmmaker and auteur, Aki Kaurismaki, has given us the second installation of his Finland Trilogy, the funny and amusing The Man without a past.

A man (comically played with deadpan panache by Markku Peltola) must start his life anew when he is mugged and loses his memory on his way to Helsinki to find work.
On his travels to rebuild his life, the man encounters a whole set of new quirky townspeople including a helpful and lovely Salvation Army officer (award winning Kati Outinen).
He also must deal with a whole new way of rebuilding his life.
With an equal balance of dignity, humor and a bit of melancholy typical of the films of Charlie Chaplin, Kaurismaki’s The Man without a past has been revered with awards from film festivals around the world as well as a nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.