Ariel (film)
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| German title | Ariel | ||
| Original title | Ariel | ||
| Country of production | Finland | ||
| original language | Finnish | ||
| Publishing year | 1988 | ||
| length | 73 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 16 | ||
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| Director | Aki Kaurismäki | ||
| script | Aki Kaurismäki | ||
| production | Aki Kaurismäki | ||
| music |
Esko Rahkonen , Rauli Somerjoki , Taisto Tammi |
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| camera | Timo Salminen | ||
| cut | Raija Talvio | ||
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Ariel (Alternative title: Ariel - Abgebrannt in Helsinki) is a feature film by the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki from 1988 .
It is the second part of his “Proletarian Trilogy” ( Finnish Työläis trilogia), which also includes Shadows in Paradise (Varjoja paratiisissa, 1986) and The Girl from the Match Factory (Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö, 1990).
action
A mine is being closed in northern Finland. Taisto Kasurinen is unemployed like his colleagues. One of them, presumably his father, gives him his car key and goes to the toilet, where he shoots himself. Taisto sets off with the car, a convertible, in the Finnish winter with the top down - he can't find the button - on the way to Helsinki to start a new life. There he is attacked and robbed. He falls in love with the single parent Irmeli, who struggles to make ends meet despite several jobs.
Taisto's search for a job remains unsuccessful, his accommodation is terminated and he ends up in jail because he meets his tormentor and beats him up. Together with his cellmate Mikkonen, he is planning an escape and escape from Finland. In order to raise money for false passports for themselves, Irmeli and her son Riko, the two of them raid a bank, albeit clumsily, at least successfully. When the counterfeiters demand more money than originally agreed, a fight ensues in which Mikkonen is fatally wounded. Taisto then shoots the gangsters. The film ends at the port of Helsinki, where Taisto, Irmeli and Riku take a boat to the Ariel ferry for Mexico.
Reviews
According to the lexicon of international films , the film is “[full of poetry, narrated succinctly and without frills, and at the same time committed to relentless realism in describing social conditions.” Epd Film said: “ Ariel is primarily linked to Bresson's frugality of presentation. There is no picture, especially not a word too many. Kaurismäki's fifth feature film is a masterpiece of laconic narration. "
Awards
Moscow International Film Festival , 1989
- FIPRESCI award for Aki Kaurismäki
- Golden St. George for leading actor Turo Pajala
National Society of Film Critics Award , 1991
- Best foreign language film
Web links
- Ariel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ariel. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 12, 2015 .