Finland,
1986, 76 min
Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenCast:
Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari, Kylli Köngäs, Pekka Laiho, Jukka-Pekka Palo, Svante Korkiakoski, Safka Pekkonen (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Nikander (Matti Pellonpää) is stuck in a dead end job as a garbage man. His life is lonely and unsatisfying until he strikes up an uneasy romance with Ilona (Kati Outinen), an embittered unemployed former store clerk. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Sirkka Silin
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Jussi Tiitinen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Marina Martinoff
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
![Jaakko Talaskivi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162205_e5bf7e.jpg)
Jaakko Talaskivi
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Ariel (1988)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Marja-Leena Helin
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Juha (1999)
Cha Cha Cha (1989)
Olli Varja
Best movies:
Ariel (1988)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
![Aki Kaurismäki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269648_cd49c2.jpg)
Aki Kaurismäki
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
The Worthless (1982)
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
![Jukka Mäkinen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/200/162200597_3b4e25.jpg)
Jukka Mäkinen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Jari Ryttyläinen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Pauli Heiskanen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Taisto Luukkonen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Matti Fagerlund
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Pekka Arajärvi
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Hannu Kumlin
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Seppo Myllyjärvi
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Harri Perkiö
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Haije Alanoja
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Bertta Pellonpää
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Cha Cha Cha (1989)
Helmeri Pellonpää
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Cha Cha Cha (1989)
Hamlet Goes Business (1987)