Drifting Clouds (1996)
The recession hits a couple in Helsinki. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Aki Kaurismäki
Written By: Aki Kaurismäki
Starring: Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo, Sakari Kuosmanen, Outi Mäenpää, Esko Nikkari, Matti Onnismaa, Sulevi Peltola, Markku Peltola, Kaija Pakarinen, Pentti Auer, Vesa Mäkelä
AKA: Kauas pilvet karkaavat
Country: Finland
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Drifting Clouds belongs to 15 collections
1. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
2. Best of criticker: Drama (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 18 stars)
3. Best film of top directors (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 15 stars)
4. Doubling The Canon (collaborative - 13 stars)
5. Best of criticker: Comedy (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 7 stars)
6. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
7. Slant Magazine's 100 Best Movies of the 1990s (collaborative: moderated by edsu - 3 stars)
8. Cannes 1996 Official Selection (collaborative: moderated by CCLZA - 1 star)
9. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
10. Sight and Sound 2002 (Single Vote) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 1 star)
11. Doubling the Canon (2012 update) (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 1 star)
12. Cinematheque Ontario - Best 40 Of The Nineties (public: Thegoodboy - 1 star)
13. to watch [TG] (public: teckgecko)
14. La Fémis 208 films (public: chengming)
15. Jussi Award Winners for Best Finnish Film (public: addeh)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Aug 20, 2021 | doyler29 | 80 64th |
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Aki Kaurismäki makes small, character driven comedy dramas that are extremely reserved, but packed full of ideas, visuals and deep irony. The couple in this film are flawed people, but they fail through a confluence of fairly ordinary circumstances and incredible bad luck. They don't deserve to not succeed, and that's largely Kaurismäki's point. When they ultimately rebound due to an equally improbable series of events, it doesn't feel like a cheat. That's been the whole point all along.
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| Jan 27, 2021 |  |
driscarpin | 81 68th |
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Nuvens Passageiras estreava há 25 anos na Finlândia. Apesar do usual mal-estar que os filmes do Kaurismaki causam através da palpabilidade do sofrimentos de seus protagonistas, o final causa um quentinho no coração muito bem vindo em meio ao caos que temos vivido mundialmente. BlurayRip no MakingOff.
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| Sep 03, 2016 |  |
PeaceAnarchy | 83 72nd |
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Kaurismäki is hit or miss with me, but this is a success. Has the usual tone you'd expect from him, and the characters are predictably shit on, but the tone isn't as dour as some of his other films and the dry humour is definitely apparent.
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| Aug 15, 2013 |  |
JakeAesthete | 85 85th |
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Fairly typical Kaurismaki. Which is to say, it's wonderful. Bleakly funny and yet somehow life-affirming at the same time.
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| May 13, 2013 | synthono | 67 15th |
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Feels like an in joke that I haven't been let in on.
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| Apr 17, 2013 |  |
Lilarcor | 86 87th |
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Compelling and heartwarming.
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| Jan 19, 2013 | Nepeta | 85 80th |
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As a film about perseverance and the strength of love being able to pull you through hard times the film absolutely succeeds with the central relationship being both bizarre and completely believable, compelling to the extent that you genuinely need them to succeed and heartwarming in their ability to stand by each other.
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| Apr 24, 2012 |  |
zae | 86 91st |
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One of the best films about unemployment I've ever seen.
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| Mar 29, 2011 |  |
Alon Reter | 70 69th |
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It's not a unique viewing experience and it's not something that I will compulsivly think of for the next few days, but other than that it's just perfect. And I really mean it. Both on the emotional level (Kati Outinen is awesome) and the aesthetic level (about 90% of the shots are beautiful, I can't think of much movies that so homogenously beautiful). Reminds me alot of Fassbinder's "Ali: Fear Eats the Soul". It's not very memorable or exciting, somehow.
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| Jun 18, 2010 |  |
Moribunny | 88 96th |
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When a lesser filmmaker attempts storytelling this simple, the result is banal, uneventful, boring. Kaurismäki creates an abnormally parsimonious, entirely straightforward, and yet consistently compelling and touching drama. We watch with fascination and worry as this couple gradually loses everything but their fighting spirit. Only a tinge of humor is insinuated, which is just perfect. Clouds is the first in the so-called "Finland trilogy" which rather harks back to his "Workers trilogy" films
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| Mar 06, 2010 |  |
Enthusiast | 65 35th |
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A bit too self-aware to resonate on an emotional level; sure it's bleak and depressing and beautifully detached about it, but when the maudlin 1940s Hollywood strings come in, you genuinely wonder if you're meant to laugh or cry. Compound this with the inscrutably dry Finnish humor and you have yourself one confused little film.
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| Jan 27, 2007 |  |
MartinTeller | 88 91st |
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I wasn't bowled over, but I liked it. You really want this couple to succeed, and the film never lets you know ahead of time how things are going to play out. Kati Outinen has a terrific face, which seems capable of conveying anything without ever changing from its blank expression.
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| Average Percentile 68.09% from 425 Ratings |  |