The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past Finnish Mies vailla menneisyytt is a 2002 Finnish comedydrama film directed by Aki Kaurismki and starring Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen and Juhani Niemel. It is the second installment in Kaurismkis 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.
The Man Without a Past was coproduced by the Finnish companies Sputnik and YLE, the German companies Bavaria Film Studios and Pandora Filmproduktion and the French company Pyramide Productions.The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes rated it 98, while Metacritic rated it 84, which, according to the websites criteria, classifies the films reception as universal acclaim. Roger Ebert awarded the filmstars out of 4, saying he felt a deep but indefinable contentment. Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter said the film contains not one false note. It is the work of an artist fully in control of his art. Barbara Scharres of the Chicago Reader said that Kaurismki perfects his trademark formula of deadpan humor and arctic circle pathos in this brilliantly ironic 2002 comedy. ........
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