Drifting Clouds NEW Arthouse Blu-Ray Disc Aki Kaurismaki Kati Outinen Finland

Description: BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brand new, official studio-released Blu-Ray of this great film, imported from Finland ( Kauas pilvet karkaavat ) ( Far Away the Clouds Escape ) This is a Blu-Ray Disc, Region A/B/C. This Blu-Ray Disc will play on any standard Blu-Ray player. Blu-Ray Discs will not play on any regular (not Blu-Ray) DVD player. Blu-Ray Discs will not play on any regular (not Blu-Ray) DVD player. This item does not contain pornographic material and may be lawfully sold to and viewed by minors. OUR OTHER PRODUCTS AND POLICIES o If you found this DVD/Blu-Ray to your liking, you will probably find one or more other rare items that we sell to your tastes. 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If these steps don't work, then unfortunately subtitles are not optional. o We now offer FREE SHIPPING to anywhere in the world! FILM DETAILS Original Title: Kauas pilvet karkaavat Alternate Title: Far Away the Clouds Escape Screened, competed or awarded at:Cannes Film Festival Other Film Festival Awards Language Selections:Danish ( Subtitles ) English ( Subtitles ) Finnish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ) Finnish ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio ) Finnish ( Subtitles ) Norwegian ( Subtitles ) Swedish ( Subtitles ) Product Origin/Format:Finland ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C ) Running Time:95 min + 18 min extras Aspect Ratio:Widescreen (1.78:1) Special Features:Interactive Menu Scene Access Short Film Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:Country: Finland ( Region: Scandinavia, Iceland ) Directed By:Aki Kaurismaki Written By:Aki Kaurismaki Actors:Kati Outinen ..... Ilona Kari Väänänen ..... Lauri Elina Salo ..... Rouva Sjöholm (Mrs. Sjöholm) Sakari Kuosmanen ..... Melartin Markku Peltola ..... Lajunen Matti Onnismaa ..... Forsström Matti Pellonpää ..... Lapsi valokuvassa (Child in the Photograph) Pietari ..... Pietari Shelley Fisher ..... Pianisti (Pianist) Markus Allan ..... Orkesteri (Band) Pauli Granfelt ..... Orkesteri (Band) Kari Lindqvist ..... Orkesteri (Band) Pentti Mutikainen ..... Orkesteri (Band) Tommi Parkkonen ..... Orkesteri (Band) Taisto Wesslin ..... Orkesteri (Band) Synopsis:A married couple struggles with the repercussions of unexpected unemployment in this wry comedy drama from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki. Ilona, the wife, works as restaurant hostess and her husband Lauri drives a tram. Though the couple has recently lost a child, they both seem at peace and happy. One night Ilona comes home and finds that Lauri has purchased a beautiful television on credit. Shortly thereafter disaster strikes when Ilona's workplace closes and Lauri gets caught in a maelstrom of downsizing. Neither is able to find suitable work right away and as time crawls by, they become humiliated and testy with each other. Eventually Ilona gets a job cooking and bartending in a nameless sleazy dive while her husband, after having to sell their television and car, turns to booze. Things look bad for the marriage when suddenly Ilona decides to open a restaurant. With the backing of her former boss and using her coworkers, she and Lauri open the successful Worker's Rest caf and find renewed hope. An early episode in Drifting Clouds encapsulates the wry, droll, yet affectionate fusion of pathos and comedy that has come to define Aki Kaurismäki's idiosyncratic cinema. A diligent and conscientious maître d' named Ilona (Kati Outinen) attends to the dwindling, aging clientele of a once popular, upscale postwar restaurant called Dubrovnik, before being summoned into the kitchen for an emergency. The head chef (Markku Peltola) has been found in a drunken state again, and is brandishing a knife in front of the staff to prevent confiscation of his alcohol. The burly porter, Melartin (Sakari Kuosmanen), confronts the inebriated chef off camera and returns into frame clasping his bloodied, injured wrist from the scuffle. The slight and delicate Ilona then steps in (and off camera), a slap is heard, and Ilona reemerges in the foreground with the kitchen knife and two liquor bottles, followed by the dejected and visibly apologetic chef. Ilona Koponen (Kati Outinen), a head waitress at Dubrovnik restaurant, is married to Lauri (Kari Väänänen), a tram driver. The couple live in a small, modestly furnished apartment in Helsinki. As they both come home from work late one night, Lauri surprises Ilona with a new television which he purchased on store credit. 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