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					Aki Kaurismäki’s world
					About Kaurismäki: Born 1958, autodidact, he had 1976 the idea of making movies. About his work: Kaurismäki’s movies have nothing to do with super productions à la Hollywood. His movies are almost minimalists. The scenery is not for fun, it’s part of the character’s life. Those characters have to face a cruel destiny in a “low life”, fairly hostile world. Sometimes the outcome is dramatic and nothing can stop it Though from time to time a hopefull light appears, making possible the resurrection of the knock down human being who courageously finds in himself the strongness to start a new life. In short Kaurismäki’s movies are all about human feelings, about the burden of a hard life, about how to deal with it and finnally about the meaning of life.
Festival with Aki Kaurismäki’s movies in Berlin
Movies by Aki Kaurismäki
	Rikos ja rangaistus 1986 - 76mn Hamlet liikemaailmassa 1983 - 93mn Varjoja paratiisissa 1987 - 86mn Ariel 1988 – 74mn Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö 1989 - 70mn		La vie de Bohème 1992 - 100mn Kauas pilvet karkaavat 1996 - 96mn Juha 1999 - 78mn Miesvailla menneisyyttä (The man without a past) 2002 – 97mn Grand Prix du Jury Cannes 2002
	Links: http://www.der-mann-ohne-vergangenheit.de				Kati Outinen and Markku Peltola in “The man without a past"
						© L.Joachim, 12/2001