Institute of Contemporary Arts

Lis Rhodes: Dissonance and Disturbance 25 January 2012 - 25 March 2012
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past

The Man Without A Past

The second installation of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland Trilogy," this touching and amusing film portrays a man who must start his life anew when he is brutally mugged and loses his memory.

 

'M' is a man who arrives in Helsinki to be set upon by thugs and pronounced dead by the medics. By some miracle he comes to, but with no memory or his identity. Rebuilding his life from scratch, 'M' falls in love with a Salvation Army volunteer. But the past inevitably catches up with him.

 

Certificate: 12

Key cast / credits:

Dir: Aki Kaurismäki

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

Running time: 97 mins

Release date: January 2003

Country: Finland/Germany/ France

Language: Finnish

Format available: 35mm/digi

 

"Gentle, charming, quirky and utterly unique" Guardian

 

"Rich, lush" FT

 

"Should have won the Palmer d' Or" Evening Standard

 

"A real breakthrough" Evening Standard/ Metro Life

 

"Subtle and understated" Empire

 

"Droll, surreal" Independent