''Shadows in Paradise'' () is a 1986 Finnish
art house
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comedy-drama
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film written and directed by
Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning '' Drifting Clouds'' (1996), '' The Man Without a Past'' (2002), ''Le Havre'' (2011), '' The Other Side of Hope'' (201 ...
. The film stars
Kati Outinen as Ilona and
Matti Pellonpää as Nikander.
''Shadows in Paradise'' was awarded the Best Film award at the 1987
Jussi Awards
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History
The first Jussi Awards ceremony was held on 16 November 1944 at the Restaurant Adlon in Hel ...
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This is the first film in Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy (''Shadows in Paradise'', ''
Ariel
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Film and television
*Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award
* ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki
*, a Russian film directed by Yevgeni Kotov
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'', and ''
The Match Factory Girl''). The trilogy has been released on
Region One DVD by
Criterion, in their Eclipse box-sets,
Criterion/Eclipse 12.
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s by Future Film in the Nordic area.
Plot
Ilona is a supermarket check-out clerk who meets Nikander, a lonely garbage man, and they develop romantic feelings towards each other.
Cast
References
External links
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''Shadows in Paradise''
at the British Film Institute
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1986 films
Films directed by Aki Kaurismäki
1980s Finnish-language films
1980s Finnish films
1986 comedy-drama films
Finnish comedy-drama films
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