Ariel
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In Kaurismäki’s drolly existential crime drama, a coal miner named Taisto (Turo Pajala) attempts to leave behind a provincial life of inertia and economic despair, only to get into ever deeper trouble. Yet a minor-key romance with a hilariously dispassionate meter maid (Susanna Haavisto) might provide a light at the end of a very dark tunnel. Ariel, which boasts a terrific soundtrack of Finnish tango and Baltic pop music and lovely cinematography by Kaurismäki’s longtime cameraman Timo Salmimen, put its director on the international map.
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Cast
- Turo Pajala
- Taisto Olavi Kasurinen
- Susanna Haavisto
- Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja
- Matti Pellonpää
- Mikkonen
- Eetu Hilkamo
- Riku
Credits
- Producer
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Director
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Screenplay
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Cinematography
- Timo Salminen
- Art direction
- Risto Karhula
- Editing
- Raija Talvio
- Sound
- Jouko Lumme
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