Ariel (film)
Appearance
Ariel | |
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Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki |
Written by | Aki Kaurismäki |
Produced by | Aki Kaurismäki |
Starring | Turo Pajala Susanna Haavisto Matti Pellonpää |
Cinematography | Timo Salminen |
Edited by | Raija Talvio |
Music by | Esko Rahkonen Rauli Somerjoki Taisto Tammi |
Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | Finland |
Language | Finnish |
Ariel is a Finnish 1988 film directed and written by Aki Kaurismäki. The movie tells the story of Taisto Kasurinen, a Finnish coal miner who must find a way to live in the big city now that the coal mine has closed.
Ariel has been released on Region One DVD by Criterion, in their Eclipse (Series 12) box-set of Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy.[1] The film is included in the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list.