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Shadows in Paradise(Movie, 1986)

Original title: "Varjoja paratiisissa" (Finnish/FI)
1h 14min | Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
Shadows in ParadiseRating: 3.6/5 (with 107107 votes)
Shadows in Paradise (Finnish: Varjoja paratiisissa) is a 1986 Finnish art house comedy-drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. 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. This is the first film in Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy (Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl). The trilogy has been released on Region One DVD by Criterion, in their Eclipse box-sets, and on region-free Blu-rays by Future Film in the Nordic area. ()
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About Shadows in Paradise

An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a co-worker, an affair and much more.

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Additional Information

Production country: Finland
Original language: Finnish (FI)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Finnish (FI), Swedish (SV)
Translated into 16 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/17/1986

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