Ariel

1988·Movie

·1h 13min·

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72/100

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About

A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.

Finnish New WaveWorking Class DramaExistential Road MovieMinimalist StorytellingDeadpan Black ComedySocial RealismBleak yet PoeticCharacter-DrivenArt House Cinema

Actors

Turo Pajala

Taisto Kasurinen

Matti Pellonpää

Mikkonen

Jorma Markkula

Tallyman

Esko Nikkari

Car Dealer

Marja Packalén

Judge

Tomi Salmela

Guard

Veikko Uusimäki

Mayor

Esko Salminen

Crook

Timo Harakka

Man in Courtroom (uncredited)

Juuso Hirvikangas

Man in Harbour (uncredited)

Sakari Kuosmanen

Doorman (voice) (uncredited)

Jaakko Talaskivi

Cook (uncredited)

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Directed by:

Aki Kaurismäki, Malla Hukkanen, Pauli Pentti

Written by:

Aki Kaurismäki

Produced by:

Aki Kaurismäki, Jaakko Talaskivi, Haije Alanoja

Composed by:

Jouko Lumme, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Kjell Westman

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