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Drifting Clouds

Name: Drifting Clouds
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996-01-26
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 7.589

★ 7,6 /10 (218 Votes)

1996 FI 97 min

Overview

The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.

Stream

Release date

26/01/1996

Votes

218

Popularity

3.5

Genres

Drama

Status

Released

Original title

Kauas pilvet karkaavat

Language

Runtime

97 min

Kati Outinen

Ilona

Kari Väänänen

Lauri

Elina Salo

Mrs. Sjöholm

Sakari Kuosmanen

Melartin

Markku Peltola

Lajunen

Matti Onnismaa

Forsström

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Shelley Fisher

Pianist

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Markus Allan

Orchestra Member

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Pauli Granfelt

Orchestra Member

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Kari Lindqvist

Orchestra Member

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Pentti Mutikainen

Orchestra Member

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Tommi Parkkonen

Orchestra Member

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Taisto Wesslin

Orchestra Member

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Tuire Liiti

Waitress

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Kaarina Väyrynen

Waitress

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Elli Lindstedt

Old Couple

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Vilhelm Lindstedt

Old Couple

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Tuire Tuomisto

Kitchen Maid

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Mustafa Altin

Amir

Pentti Auer

Buyer of Dubrovnik

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Iisak Lusua

Buyer of Dubrovnik

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Simo Santalahti

Buyer of Dubrovnik

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Solmu Mäkelä

Foreman

Outi Mäenpää

Lauri's Sister

Esko Nikkari

Restaurant Manager

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Tarja Laiho

Labour Official

Sulevi Peltola

Man at Nelia

Vesa Mäkelä

Tax Official

Tero Jartti

Tax Official

Kaija Pakarinen

Woman in Dressing Gown

Vesa Häkli

Ugly Man

Antti Reini

Ugly Man

Yrjö Järvinen

Man at Olympia

Ona Kamu

Cleaning Woman

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Eero Försti

Repossession Man

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Kari Nenonen

Repossession Man

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Klaus Heydemann

Real Estate Broker

Mato Valtonen

Car Dealer

Aarre Karén

Bank Manager

Rose-Marie Precht

Hairdresser

Clas-Ove Bruun

Carpenter

Silu Seppälä

Carpenter

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Jorma Pulla

Gilder

Atte Blom

First Customer

Peter von Bagh

First Customer

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Juho Grönqvist

Garbage Man

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Kari Järvinen

Garbage Man

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The Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki has made several films about the "little people" in society, hardworking folk who have a spot of bad luck and risk being overlooked by the state bureaucracy and business development schemes that are ostensibly there to help them. KAUAS PILVET KARKAAVAT from 1996 (released as "Drifting Clouds" in English-speaking markets) is one such tale of adversity. Ilona (Kati Outinen) and Lauri (Kari Väänänen) are a happy married couple. One day, Lauri loses his job as a tram driver when the cancellation of some routes makes him redundant. Soon after this Ilona, head wat…

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