Shadows in Paradise

Shadows in Paradise
Shadows in Paradise
	DVD cover
Directed by	Aki Kaurismäki
Written by	Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by	Mika Kaurismäki
Starring	Matti Pellonpää; Kati Outinen; Sakari Kuosmanen;
Cinematography	Timo Salminen
Edited by	Raija Talvio
Production; company	Villealfa Filmproductions
Distributed by	Finnkino
Release date	17 October 1986;
Running time	74 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

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.^[1]

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,^[2] and on region-free Blu-rays by Future Film in Scandinavia.

Plot[]

Ilona is a supermarket check-out clerk who meets Nikander, a lonely garbage man, and they develop romantic feelings towards each other.

Cast[]

Matti Pellonpää as Nikander
Kati Outinen as Ilona Rajamäki
Sakari Kuosmanen as Melartin
Esko Nikkari as Co-worker
Kylli Köngäs as Ilona’s Girlfriend
Pekka Laiho as Shop Steward
Jukka-Pekka Palo as Third Man
Svante Korkiakoski as Police
Mato Valtonen as Pelle

References[]

^ Awards given to Aki Kaurismäki, Orimattila Town Library, 6 March 2008. Accessed 23 February 2009.
^ Criterion/Eclipse 12.

External links[]

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

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[1] Awards given to Aki Kaurismäki, Orimattila Town Library, 6 March 2008. Accessed 23 February 2009.

[2] Criterion/Eclipse 12.

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v t 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) (TV film; 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)
Documentaries	The Saimaa Gesture (1981) Total Balalaika Show (1994) (short; 2013)
Short films	Rocky VI (music video; 1986) Thru the Wire (music video; 1987) L.A. Woman (music video; 1988) 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)