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Drifting Clouds

Aki Kaurismäki / FI, 1997

Avoiding the tearjerker trap, this film by the Finnish storyteller Aki Kaurismäki is a tragicomic and heartwarming portrayal of love, hope, happiness and unhappiness.

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Finland 100

The Essential Aki Kaurismäki programme celebrates Finland”s first centenary as an independent country. The Finnish republic was proclaimed on 6 December 1917, not long after the October Revolution in Russia.

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Director

Aki Kaurismäki

Production year

1997

Country

FI

Original title

Kauas pilvet karkaavat

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Language

Finnish

Subtitles

NLD

Format

35mm

Part of

The Essential Aki Kaurismäki

Eye Filmmuseum screens more than ten classic titles by Aki Kaurismäki, the chronicler of Finnish melancholy with an absurdist twist. The majority of the films featured in the programme are from Eye’s own collection and will be screened on 35mm.

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