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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
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 (1986-10-17)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

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

References

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

На других языках

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- [en] Shadows in Paradise

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[ru] Тени в раю (фильм, 1986)

«Тени в раю» (фин. Varjoja paratiisissa, в международном прокате — англ. Shadows in Paradise) — арт-хаусный фильм финского режиссёра Аки Каурисмяки с элементами мелодрамы и характерным для автора чёрным юмором. Первая часть так называемой «Пролетарской трилогии»[2]. Картина признана лучшим фильмом Финляндии 1986 года и отмечена соответствующей национальной премией «Юсси».

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