| Edition |
Widescreen version. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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Dolby |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital. |
| Cast |
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Tähti, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, Säkori Kuosmanen. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Timo Salminen ; editor, Timo Linnasalo ; wardrobe, Outi Harjupatana ; set designer, Marikku Pätilä. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence. |
| Summary |
After a man is beaten and declared dead, he suddenly sits up and walks out of the hospital on his own. Determined to start his life over in a new town and unable to remember his name or anything about his past, he becomes involved with a mother and her sons. Everything seems good until his past comes back to haunt him. |
| Awards |
Cannes Film Festival, 2002: Best Actress (Kati Outinen); Grand Prize of the Jury (Aki Kaurismäki); Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Aki Kaurismäki). |
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Jussi Awards, 2003: Jussi Best Actress (Kati Outinen); Best Cinematography (Timo Salminen); Best Direction (Aki Kaurismäki); Best Editing (Timo Linnasalo); Best Film; Best Script (Aki Kaurismäki). |
| Language |
Finnish dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Assault and battery -- Drama.
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Assault and battery. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Memory disorders -- Drama.
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Memory disorders. |
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Man-woman relationships -- Finland -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships. |
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Finland. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Comedy films.
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Comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Kaurismäki, Aki, 1957-
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Peltola, Markku, 1956-2007.
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Outinen, Kati, 1961-
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Tähti, Annikki, 1929-2017.
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Niemelä, Juhani.
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Pakarinen, Kaija, 1954-
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Kuosmanen, Sakari, 1956-
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Salminen, Timo, 1952-
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Linnasalo, Timo.
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Harjupatana, Outi.
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Pätilä, Marikku.
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Sputnik Oy (Firm)
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
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Bavaria Film International (Firm)
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YLE TV 1 (Television station : Helsinki, Finland)
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Pandora Film (Firm)
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Suomen elokuvasäätiö.
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Nordic Film & TV Fund.
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Man without a past |
| ISBN |
1404922849 |
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9781404922846 |
| Standard No. |
043396002197 |
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043396002203 |
| Music No. |
00220 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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00219 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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