Mies vailla menneisyyttä = The man without a past / Sputnik Oy esittää a Sony Pictures Classics release in association with Bavaria Film International present a Sputnik Oy production in association with YLE TV-1/Ella Nerning, Pandora Film ... The Finnish Film Foundation and Nordic Film and Television Fund ; producer, Aki Kaurismäki ; written & directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
After a man is beaten and declared dead, he suddenly sits up and walks out of the hospital on his own. Determined to start his life over in a new town and unable to remember his name or anything about his past, he becomes involved with a mother and her sons. Everything seems good until his past come...
Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Language: | Finnish English |
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Finnish |
Language and/or Writing System: |
Finnish dialogue, English subtitles. |
Published: |
Culver City, Calif. :
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment,
[2003], ©2002.
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Edition: | Widescreen version. |
Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Variant Title: |
Man without a past. [Parallel title] |
Format: | Video DVD |
Summary: |
After a man is beaten and declared dead, he suddenly sits up and walks out of the hospital on his own. Determined to start his life over in a new town and unable to remember his name or anything about his past, he becomes involved with a mother and her sons. Everything seems good until his past comes back to haunt him. |
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Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Videorecording. |
Call Number: | AN3 D0028039 VideoDVD |
Audience: |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence. |
Awards: | Cannes Film Festival, 2002: Best Actress (Kati Outinen); Grand Prize of the Jury (Aki Kaurismäki); Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Aki Kaurismäki). Jussi Awards, 2003: Jussi Best Actress (Kati Outinen); Best Cinematography (Timo Salminen); Best Direction (Aki Kaurismäki); Best Editing (Timo Linnasalo); Best Film; Best Script (Aki Kaurismäki). |
ISBN: | 1404922849 9781404922846 |
Credits: | Director of photography, Timo Salminen ; editor, Timo Linnasalo ; wardrobe, Outi Harjupatana ; set designer, Marikku Pätilä. |
System Details: | DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital. |
Cast: |
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Tähti, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, Säkori Kuosmanen. |