WED NOV 1, 2023 7:00 PM

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Los Feliz 3 | ‘Happy Hours: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Series’

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  • RELEASED IN: 1986
  • 74 MINUTES
  • DIRECTED BY: Aki Kaurismäki

ABOUT THE FILM: 

In Finnish with English subtitles. 

Lonely garbageman Nikkander (Matti Pellonpää) finds himself directionless after losing his friend and co-worker to a sudden heart attack; unlikely redemption comes in the form of plain supermarket cashier Ilona (Kati Outinen, in her first of many performances for Kaurismäki), with whom he begins a tentative love affair. Boiling down what is essentially a romantic comedy to a series of spare and beautiful gestures, Kaurismäki conjures an unexpected delight that finds hope blossoming even amid gray surroundings.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Finland