Overview:
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.| Original Title: | Kauas pilvet karkaavat |
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| Status: | Released (1996-01-26) |
| Awards: | 10 wins & 2 nominations |
| Screen: | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Productions: | Sputnik, Pyramide Productions, Pandora Film, YLE |
| Production Countries: | Finland, France, Germany |
| Spoken Languages: | suomi, svenska |
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Casts
- 5999: Kati Outinen - Ilona
- 122402: Kari Väänänen - Lauri
- 53507: Elina Salo - Mrs. Sjöholm
- 4828: Sakari Kuosmanen - Melartin
- 52355: Markku Peltola - Lajunen
- 89503: Matti Onnismaa - Forsström
- 2459339: Shelley Fisher - Pianist
Crews
- 16767: Aki Kaurismäki - Producer - Production
- 16767: Aki Kaurismäki - Editor - Editing
- 16767: Aki Kaurismäki - Director - Directing
- 1760644: Erkki Astala - Production Manager - Production
- 46259: Reinhard Brundig - Co-Producer - Production
- 2123478: Eila Werning - Co-Producer - Production
- 990962: Fabienne Vonier - Co-Producer - Production
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Reviews
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The Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki has made several films about the "little people" in society, hardworking folk who have a spot of bad luck and risk being overlooked by the state bureaucracy and business development schemes that are ostensibly there to help them. KAUAS PILVET KARKA ....
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