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The man without a past
Director
Aki Kaurismäki
Country
Germany, Finland, France
Year
2001
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Aki Kaurismäki
Cast
Markku Peltola / Kati Outinen / Annikki Tähti / Juhani Niemelä
Production
Sputnik Oy

Storyline

The second part of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland" trilogy, the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life, he cannot get a job or an apartment, so he starts living on the outskirts of the city and slowly starts putting his life back on track.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

San Sebastián International Film Festival 2007
Cold Fever
Festival de Cannes 2002
Competition
Grand Prize / Best Actress (Kati Outinen)

Releases

Spain (31 of January 2003)
France (6 of November 2002)
Denmark (18 of October 2002)

Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2002
Call number 21/2001
Media support 430,000.00

Distribution territories:
Austria / Belgium / Bulgaria / Czech Republic / Germany / Denmark / Spain / France / United Kingdom / Greece / Iceland / Italy / Lithuania / Netherlands / Norway / Portugal / Sweden / Slovakia

Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2003
Call number 88/2002
Media support 8,000.00

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2003
Call number 20/2003
Media support 263,516.40

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2005
Call number 02/2005
Media support 17,402.70

Distribution:

Pyramide Distribution (France)
BIM Distribuzione (Italy)
Golem Distribución (Spain)