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)
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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
![Matti Pellonpää](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269131_b215b1.jpg)
Matti Pellonpää
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
![Kati Outinen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/735/163735672_c4337b.png)
Kati Outinen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
![Sakari Kuosmanen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/743/158743005_a947b4.jpg)
Sakari Kuosmanen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
![Esko Nikkari](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/677/158677712_06f826.jpg)
Esko Nikkari
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Winter War (1989)
Ariel (1988)
![Kylli Köngäs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/153/159153958_923fdf.jpg)
Kylli Köngäs
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Village People (2013)
![Pekka Laiho](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/296/158296433_827a52.jpg)
Pekka Laiho
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
![Jukka-Pekka Palo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/229/158229908_5bc56c.jpg)
Jukka-Pekka Palo
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Soap (2006)
Svante Korkiakoski
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Safka Pekkonen
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Juha (1999)
![Mari Rantasila](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/700/158700290_6bc738.jpg)
Mari Rantasila
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
Calamari Union (1985)
Antti Ortamo
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
![Mato Valtonen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/743/158743007_5954f5.jpg)
Mato Valtonen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
![Sakari Järvenpää](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/743/158743015_4764fa.jpg)
Sakari Järvenpää
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Calamari Union (1985)
Ulla Kuosmanen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Neka Haapanen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Pentti Koski
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Teuvo Rissanen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Ari Korhonen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Erkki Rissanen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Riikka Kuosmanen
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)