The Man Without a Past

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Theatrical Release

October 7, 2003

DVD Release

October 7, 2003

Studio

Sony Pictures

Rated

PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Directors

Aki Kaurismäki

Actors

Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, Sakari Kuosmanen

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Formats

• Anamorphic
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video
• Subtitled
• Widescreen
• NTSC

Additional Information

The spare and quirky comedy of Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki is in delightful form in The Man Without a Past. A man (Markku Peltola) awakens after a brutal mugging with no memory; he wanders into the outskirts of Helsinki with his face wrapped like an escapee from a classic horror film. A destitute family helps nurse him back to health and a Salvation Army worker named Irma (Kati Outinen) helps him get a job. Though bureaucrats and policemen who can't seem to cope with this amnesiac's lack of established identity, the amnesiac plants potatoes, manages a rock & roll band, and romances Irma as he builds a new self. Kaurismaki weaves his movies out of small details and careful, cautious steps forward--but by the end, The Man Without a Past has become a rich, engrossing, and very funny portrait of the possibilities of life. --Bret Fetzer - Amazon.com