Comedy · Drama
Drifting Clouds
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
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Top Cast
Kati Outinen
Ilona
Kari Väänänen
Lauri
Elina Salo
Mrs. Sjöholm
Sakari Kuosmanen
Melartin
Markku Peltola
Lajunen
Matti Onnismaa
Forsström
Shelley Fisher
Pianist
Markus Allan
Orchestra Member
Directed by
Aki Kaurismäki
Production
Sputnik
Pyramide Productions
Pandora Film
YLEReviews
CRCulver
6/108/14/2018
The Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki has made several films about the "little people" in society, hardworking folk who have a spot of bad luck and risk being overlooked by the state bureaucracy and business development schemes that are ostensibly there to help them. KAUAS PILVET KARKAAVAT from 1996 (released as "Drifting Clouds" in English-speaking markets) is one such tale of adversity. Ilona (Kati Outinen) and Lauri (Kari Väänänen) are a happy married couple. One day, Lauri loses his job as a tram driver when the cancellation of some routes makes him redundant. Soon after this Ilona, head water of a fancy restaurant, finds the restaurant bought out by new owners who don't need the old staff. We see Lauri and Ilona turned down from one job after another, facing repo men and shady character
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