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Shadows in Paradise
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Wikipedia article
'Shadows in Paradise' is a 1986 Finnish art house comedy-drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismki. The film stars Kati Outinen as Ilona and Matti Pellonp as Nikander.
'Shadows in Paradise' was awarded the Best Film award at the 1987 Jussi Awards.[http://www.orimattila.fi/kirjasto/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=240&Itemid=100 Awards given to Aki Kaurismki], Orimattila Town Library, 6 March 2008. Accessed 23 February 2009.
This is the first film in Kaurismki's Proletariat Trilogy ('Shadows in Paradise', 'Ariel', and 'The Match Factory Girl'). The trilogy has been released on Region One DVD by Criterion, in their Eclipse box-sets,[http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/564-eclipse-series-12-aki-kaurismakis-proletariat-trilogy Criterion/Eclipse 12.] and on region-free Blu-rays by Future Film in Scandinavia.
Plot
Ilona is a supermarket check-out clerk who meets Nikander, a lonely garbage man, and they develop romantic feelings towards each other.
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