IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
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<strong>IFFI</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
The film begins with an unnamed man arriving by train to Helsinki. After falling<br />
asleep in a park, he is mugged by hoodlums. Severe beatings by the hoodlums<br />
lead to serious head injury which resulted in loss <strong>of</strong> consciousness. He awakes<br />
and wanders back to the train station and collapses in its bathroom. He awakes<br />
the second time in a hospital and finds that he has lost his memory. He starts his<br />
life from scratch, living in container dwellings, finding clothes with help from<br />
the Salvation Army and making friends with the poor.<br />
2002, 35 mm. Colour, 97 min, Finnish<br />
AKI KAURISMAKI<br />
The Man Without a Past<br />
/ Mies vailla menneisyyttä<br />
Direction<br />
Aki Kaurismäki<br />
Writer<br />
Aki Kaurismäki<br />
Cinematography<br />
Timo Salminen<br />
Editing<br />
Timo Linnasalo<br />
Music<br />
Leevi Madetoja<br />
Cast<br />
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemelä; Production: Sputnik<br />
and YLE, Bavaria <strong>Film</strong> Studios, Pandora <strong>Film</strong>produktion and Pyramide<br />
Productions;<br />
Awards:<br />
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language <strong>Film</strong> and<br />
won the Grand Prix Jury Prize at the Cannes <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> in 2002.<br />
Juha<br />
1999, 35 mm, Black & White, 78 min, Finnish<br />
Marja is a simple peasant woman married to her older husband Juha. They lead a<br />
very simple country life, spending most <strong>of</strong> their days farming and tending to<br />
their livestock. Marja's world is turned upside down when Shemeikka comes to<br />
the happily married couple asking them for help with his broken down vehicle<br />
and a place to spend the night. As Juha works to repair the car, Shemeikka<br />
attempts to lure Marja to leave Juha and come to the city with him. A hesitant<br />
Marja does not want to leave her husband at first but ultimately gives in to<br />
temptation after dreaming <strong>of</strong> a wonderful new life in a big city. Shemeikka and<br />
Marja leave for the city but Marja's dream quickly becomes a nightmare when<br />
Shemeikka enslaves her in a brothel.<br />
Direction<br />
Aki Kaurismäki<br />
Screenplay<br />
Aki Kaurismäki<br />
Cinematography<br />
Timo Salminen<br />
Editing<br />
Aki Kaurismäki<br />
Music<br />
Anssi Tikanmäki<br />
Cast<br />
Sakari Kuosmanen, Kati Outinen, André Wilms Markku Peltola, Elina<br />
Salo<br />
Production<br />
Finnish <strong>Film</strong> Foundation, Pandora <strong>Film</strong>, Pyramide Productions, Sputnik<br />
Oy and YLE<br />
Awards<br />
Won CICAE Award (Honourable Mention) at Berlin <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong><br />
<strong>Festival</strong>, 1999.<br />
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