The Man Without a Past

The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past

International poster
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by Aki Kaurismäki
Written by Aki Kaurismäki
Starring Markku Peltola
Kati Outinen
Juhani Niemelä
Music by Leevi Madetoja
Cinematography Timo Salminen
Editing by Timo Linnasalo
Release date(s) Finland:
1 March 2002
United Kingdom:
24 January 2003
United States:
4 April 2003
Australia:
19 June 2003
Running time 97 minutes
Country Finland
Language Finnish
Budget €1,206,000[1]
Box office $9,564,237

The Man Without a Past (Finnish: Mies vailla menneisyyttä) is a 2002 Finnish comedy-drama film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen and Juhani Niemelä. It is the second installment in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being Drifting Clouds (1996) and Lights in the Dusk (2006). The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002 and won the Grand Prix at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

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Plot

The film begins with an unnamed man arriving by train to Helsinki. After falling asleep in Kaisaniemi park, he is mugged and beaten by hoodlums and is severely injured in the head, losing consciousness. He awakes and wanders back to the train station and collapses in its bathroom. He awakes the second time in a hospital and finds that he has lost his memory. He starts his life from scratch, living in container dwellings, finding clothes with help from the Salvation Army and making friends with the poor.

Cast

Production

The Man Without a Past was co-produced by the Finnish companies Sputnik and YLE, the German companies Bavaria Film Studios and Pandora Filmproduktion and the French company Pyramide Productions.

Critical reception

The film has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes aggregate review website has registered a rating of 98%[3] while Metacritic, registered a rating of 84[4] which, according to the website's rating criteria, classifies the reception of the film as Universal acclaim. Film critic Roger Ebert awarded the film 3½ stars out of 4 claiming he "felt a deep but indefinable contentment"[5] while Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter opined that the film "contains not one false note. It is the work of an artist fully in control of his art."[6] Barbara Scharres of the Chicago Reader states "Kaurismaki perfects his trademark formula of deadpan humor and arctic circle pathos in this brilliantly ironic 2002 comedy."[7]

Awards and nominations

  • ACCEC Awards
    • Best Foreign Film (Kaurismäki, won)
  • Academy Awards
  • Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
    • Best Foreign Film (nominated)
  • Bangkok International Film Festival
    • Best Actress (Outinen, won)
    • Best Screenplay (Kaurismäki, won)
    • Best Film (Kaurismäki, nominated)
  • Bodil Awards
    • Best Non-American Film (Kaurismäki, nominated)
  • Camerimage
    • Golden Frog (Salminen, nominated)
  • Cannes Film Festival[8]
    • Best Actress (Outinen, won)
    • Grand Prize of the Jury (Kaurismäki, won)
    • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Kaurismäki, won)
    • Golden Palm (Kaurismäki, nominated)
    • Palm Dog (Tähti, won)
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • Chlotrudis Awards
    • Best Screenplay - Original (Kaurismäki, nominated)
  • Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
    • Best Foreign Film (nominated)
  • César Awards
    • Best European Union Film (nominated)
  • European Film Awards
    • Audience Award - Best Director (Kaurismäki, nominated)
    • Best Actor (Peltola, nominated)
    • Best Actress (Outinen, nominated)
    • Best Cinematographer (Salminen, nominated)
    • Best Director (Kaurismäki, nominated)
    • Best Film (Kaurismäki, nominated)
    • Best Screenwriter (Kaurismäki, nominated)
  • Fajr Film Festival
    • International Competition - Best Screenplay (Kaurismäki, won)
  • Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
    • Best Foreign-Language Film (nominated)
  • Flanders International Film Festival
    • Grand Prix (Kaurismäki, won)
  • Guldbagge Awards
    • Best Foreign Film (won)
  • Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
    • Best Director - Foreign Film (Kaurismäki, nominated)
  • Jussi Awards
    • Best Film (won)
    • Best Actress (Outinen, won)
    • Best Cinematography (Salminen, won)
    • Best Direction (Kaurismäki, won)
    • Best Editing (Linnasalo, won)
    • Best Script (Kaurismäki, won)
    • Best Actor (Peltola, nominated)
  • Lübeck Nordic Film Days
    • Audience Prize (Kaurismäki, won)
  • National Society of Film Critics Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (won)
  • Nordic Council
    • Nordic Council's Film Prize (Kaurismäki, won)
  • Palm Springs International Film Festival
    • FIPRESCI Prize (Kaurismäki, won)
  • Robert Festival
    • Best Non-American Film (Kaurismäki, nominated)
  • San Sebastián International Film Festival
    • FIPRESCI Film of the Year (Kaurismäki, won)

References

  1. ^ "Production support for Finnish films 1998-2004" (in Finnish) (PDF). Finnish Film Foundation. 2004.03.06. p. 2. http://ses.fi/dokumentit/pitkat.pdf. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  2. ^ Fauth, Jurgen. [1], About.com. Accessed February 5, 2008.
  3. ^ The Man Without a Past at Rotten Tomatoes. Accessed February 5, 2008.
  4. ^ The Man Without a Past at Metacritic. Accessed February 5, 2008.
  5. ^ Ebert, Roger. The Man Without a Past, Chicago Sun-Times, June 27, 2003. Accessed February 5, 2008.
  6. ^ Honeycutt, Kirk. The Man Without A Past (Finland), The Hollywood Reporter, January 1, 2005. Accessed February 5, 2008.
  7. ^ The Man Without a Past
  8. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Man Without a Past". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3103023/year/2002.html. Retrieved 2009-10-25. 

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