The Man Without a Past

Name: The Man Without a Past
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance, Crime
Released: April 4, 2003
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 84
Cast: Annikki Tähti, Kati Outinen, Markku Peltola

2003

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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment | Release Date: April 4, 2003 | PG-13

Starring: Annikki Tähti, Kati Outinen, Markku Peltola

Summary: The second installation of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland Trilogy," this touching and amusing film portrays a man who must start his life anew when he is brutally mugged and loses his memory. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Director: Aki Kaurismäki

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance, Crime, Music

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 97 min

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David Sterritt

Kaurismaki is Finland's greatest filmmaker, and never has he more artfully balanced his patented blend of deadpan humor, low-key melodrama, and toe-tapping music. Read full review

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

The message, if there must be one, of this marvelous, stubbornly personal movie is that there is a spark in every soul. Read full review

Richard Corliss

Droll, reticent, flawlessly filmed fable of generosity. Read full review

Shawn Levy

Something in the simplicity of its vision gives The Man Without a Past a dimension of heroic grandeur -- and that effect, too, seems to tickle Kaurismaki's funny bone. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

It's a gentle, surprising little movie whose rewards lie in what its characters don't say as much as in what they do. Read full review

Andrew Mann

If Aki Kaurismaki were the Eagles, which he is not, The Man Without a Past might be considered a kind of "best of" album. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

I suspect that, like the Coen brothers, David Lynch, and Wes Anderson -– our American masters of idiosyncrasy -– Kaurismäki has a limited appeal. Those who get him, really get him. Read full review

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EricP.

Mar 26, 2007

A real jewel, unpretentious, no special effects but only deep human feelings from poor people on the margins who never complain of their fate. A tribute to humble people. Superb filming and acting. Moving.

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