Ariel

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A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.

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7.4/10

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Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination

Trivia
Aki Kaurismäki wrote the script over a weekend. Kaurismäki has called Ariel his best movie.

Goofs
Kasurinen lights a cigarette in an early cafe scene. When he enters the toilet eight seconds later, it is half consumed.

Quotes
Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja: [Taisto and Irmeli have just been on their first date] It's dark. Want to come up?
Taisto Olavi Kasurinen: If its not too much trouble.
Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja: Coffee's all I've got.
Taisto Olavi Kasurinen: Coffee's fine.
Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja: I'm divorced.
Taisto Olavi Kasurinen: Don't let it get you down.
Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja: I've got a kid too.
Taisto Olavi Kasurinen: Gives us a head start raising a family.
Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja: Are you always so confident?
Taisto Olavi Kasurinen: No, this is my first time.
Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja: Just don't make any noise.
Taisto Olavi Kasurinen: No one will even suspect.
Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja: Really? I hope I won't regret this.

Connections
Featured in Selección TCM: Aki Kaurismaki (2012)

Soundtracks
Muistojeni tango
Composed by Reino Markkula
Written by Sauvo Puhtila
Performed by Olavi Virta

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10/10

"No, we'll be together forever." ...Taisto :-)))

I saw my first Kaurismäki movie (Man Without a Past) a year ago and have seen and now own most of them. I love them all and watch them over and over, but Ariel is one of my favorites. The dark humor and irony is great, with all the usual elements of suicide, big, old American cars and cool music throughout, ending with the very appropriate "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in Finnish. All of Kaurismäki's movies demand every second of your attention or you will not "get it" and every time I watch one again, I notice something else. As to the gloom and doom, my Finnish friends tell me not to believe that Finland is truly as depicted here. :-))) I love the relationships: not gushy or fake, but faithful and just plain sweet. It seems much is understood without words and that's the way this movie is.