Ariel (film)

Ariel
Ariel
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Aki Kaurismäki
Written by	Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by	Aki Kaurismäki
Starring	Turo Pajala; Susanna Haavisto; Matti Pellonpää; Eetu Hilkamo;
Cinematography	Timo Salminen
Edited by	Raija Talvio
Music by	Esko Rahkonen; Rauli Somerjoki; Taisto Tammi;
Production; company	Villealfa Filmproductions
Distributed by	Finnkino
Release date	21 October 1988;
Running time	72 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

Ariel is a 1988 Finnish drama film directed and written by Aki Kaurismäki. The film tells the story of Taisto Kasurinen (Turo Pajala), a Finnish coal miner who must find a way to live in the big city after the mine closes.

Taisto's friend is played by Matti Pellonpää, an actor who appeared in many of Kaurismäki's early films, before his death in 1995.

This is the second 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.^[2] The film is included in the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list. The film was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival where Turo Pajala won the Bronze St. George for Best Actor.^[3]

Cast

Turo Pajala as Taisto Kasurinen
Susanna Haavisto as Irmeli
Matti Pellonpää as Mikkonen
Eetu Hilkamo as Riku
Erkki Pajala as miner
Matti Jaaranen as mugger
Hannu Viholainen as accomplice
Jorma Markkula as tallyman
Tarja Keinänen as woman in the harbour
Eino Kuusela as man on the beach

Home media

A digitally restored version of the film was released on DVD by The Criterion Collection as part of their Eclipse Series.^[4]

References

^ "Ariel". British Board of Film Classification. 30 June 1989.
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^ "16th Moscow International Film Festival (1989)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Kaurismäki, Aki. "Ariel". The Criterion Collection.

External links

Ariel at IMDb
Ariel at AllMovie
Ariel at the British Board of Film Classification
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Ariel at Elonet (in Finnish)
Ariel at Rotten Tomatoes
Ariel at the Swedish Film Institute Database

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[1] "Ariel". British Board of Film Classification. 30 June 1989.

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[Moscow1989-3] "16th Moscow International Film Festival (1989)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] Kaurismäki, Aki. "Ariel". The Criterion Collection.

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v t e Films directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Feature films	Crime and Punishment (1983) Calamari Union (1985) Shadows in Paradise (1986) Hamlet Goes Business (1987) Ariel (1988) Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) The Match Factory Girl (1990) I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) La vie de bohème (1992) Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994) Drifting Clouds (1996) Juha (1999) The Man Without a Past (2002) Lights in the Dusk (2006) Le Havre (2011) The Other Side of Hope (2017) Fallen Leaves (2023)
Documentaries	The Saimaa Gesture (1981) Total Balalaika Show (1994)
Short films	"Rocky VI" (music video; 1986) "Dogs Have No Hell" (segment of Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet; 2002) "Bico" (segment of Visions of Europe; 2004) "The Foundry" (segment of To Each His Own Cinema; 2007)