Ariel (film)
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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. The film is included in the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
list.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
1988 film directed and written by Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Kaurismäki
-Career:After studying Media Studies at the University of Tampere, Aki Kaurismäki started his career as a co-director in the films of his elder brother Mika Kaurismäki. His debut as an independent director was Crime and Punishment , Dostoyevsky's famous crime story set in modern-day Helsinki...
. 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. The film is included in the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is a film reference book edited by Steven Jay Schneider with original essays on each film contributed by over 70 film critics...
list.