ARIEL [Criterion - Eclipse Series]

In Kaurismäki’s drolly existential crime drama, a coal miner named Taisto (Turo Pajala) attempts to leave behind a provincial life of inertia and economic despair, only to get into ever deeper trouble. Yet a minor-key romance with a hilariously dispassionate meter maid (Susanna Haavisto) might provide a light at the end of a very dark tunnel. Ariel, which boasts a terrific soundtrack of Finnish tango and Baltic pop music and lovely cinematography by Kaurismäki’s longtime cameraman Timo Salmimen, put its director on the international map.




MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Aki Kaurismäki
COUNTRY: Finland
YEAR: 1988

Cast
Taisto Olavi Kasurinen Turo Pajala
Irmeli Katariina Pihlaja Susanna Haavisto
Mikkonen Matti Pellonpää
Riku Eetu Hilkamo



Credits
Producer Aki Kaurismäki
Director Aki Kaurismäki
Screenplay Aki Kaurismäki
Cinematography Timo Salminen
Art direction Risto Karhula
Editing Raija Talvio
Sound Jouko Lumme



SIZE: 1.4 GB
RESOLUTION: 720 x 400
CODEC: XVID
AUDIO: AC3
EXTRACTION: Auto Gordian Knot
SUBTITLES: English, Spanish (.srt)