Kauas pilvet karkaavat (1996)

Director:

Aki Kaurismäki

Writer:

Aki Kaurismäki (writer)

Release Date:

10 July 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

The recession hits a couple in Helsinki.

Plot Keywords:

Cookery | Drunkenness | Tragedy | Unemployment

Awards:

8 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Kati Outinen	...	Ilona
Kari Väänänen	...	Lauri
Elina Salo	...	Rouva Sjöholm (Mrs. Sjöholm)
Sakari Kuosmanen	...	Melartin
Markku Peltola	...	Lajunen
Matti Onnismaa	...	Forsström
Matti Pellonpää	...	Lapsi valokuvassa (Child in the Photograph)
Pietari	...	Pietari
Shelley Fisher	...	Pianisti (Pianist)
Markus Allan	...	Orkesteri (Band)
Pauli Granfelt	...	Orkesteri (Band)
Kari Lindqvist	...	Orkesteri (Band)
Pentti Mutikainen	...	Orkesteri (Band)
Tommi Parkkonen	...	Orkesteri (Band)
Taisto Wesslin	...	Orkesteri (Band)

Also Known As:

Drifting Clouds (UK)
Far Away the Clouds Escape (International: English title) (literal English title)
Au loin s'en vont les nuages (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Nubes pasajeras (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Drivende skyer (Norway) [no]
Gomolygó felhök (Hungary) [hu]
Makria petoun ta synnefa (Greece) [el]
Moln på drift (Sweden) [sv]
Mraky odtáhly (Czech Republic) [cs]
Nuvens Passageiras (Portugal) [pt]
Nuvole in viaggio (Italy) [it]
Sürüklenen Bulutlar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Wolken ziehen vorüber (Germany) [de]

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Finland:S | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Helsinki, Finland

Company:

Sputnik

Trivia:

One of the restaurants in this film is named "Dubrovnik". Scenes set in that restaurant were filmed at Yrjönkatu 18, which at time were not an actual restaurant. However, in summer 2005 at this location opened restaurant G18. Bit later the Andorra cinema, which is co-owned by Kaurismäki brothers, was converted into new form and one of the theatre halls was changed into Dubrovnik Lounge & Lobby.

Quotes:

Man of Olympia: [after Lauri has recovered from beating] You start distantly reminding a human being.

Movie Connections:

References Argent, L' (1983)

Soundtrack:

VALOT

the film which enlightened me

I saw Drifting Clouds at a film festival, and I was truly blown away by the intense and true-to-life emotions this movie portrayed. Formerly being a Hollywood-action film kind of a guy, seeing Drifting Clouds has made me more open to artistic and especially foreign films. Director Kaurismaki is in my opinion one of the best directors in the world.