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Shadows in Paradise (1986) ( Varjoja paratiisissa ) [ Blu-Ray, Reg.A/B/C Import - Finland ]

Matti Pellonpää (Actor, Host), Kati Outinen (Actor, Host), Aki Kaurismaki (Director, Host) Rated:
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Format: Blu-ray
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
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Genre Comedy
Format Import, Subtitled, Widescreen, Blu-ray
Contributor Sakari Kuosmanen, Kylli Köngäs, Shadows in Paradise (1986), Esko Nikkari, Matti Pellonpää, Shadows in Paradise (1986) ( Varjoja paratiisissa ), Aki Kaurismaki, Mato Valtonen, Sakke Järvenpää, Jukka-Pekka Palo, Pekka Laiho, Varjoja paratiisissa, Mari Rantasila, Kati Outinen See more
Runtime 74 minutes
Studio FutureFilm
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Finland released, Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C : it WILL NOT play on regular DVD player. You need Blu-Ray DVD player to view this Blu-Ray DVD: LANGUAGES: Finnish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Finnish ( DTS-HD Master Audio ), Danish ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Only connect. In gray, class-conscious Helsinki, Nikander is a stoic, solitary garbage man. Cigarettes, coffee, bingo games, and English lessons border his circumscribed life. There are few words, no smiles, and no laughter. Violence and the threat of violence seem close at hand. Ilona, a supermarket clerk who frequently loses her job, bandages Nikander's hand one evening; later he gets her out of a jam, and they begin an on-again off-again relationship. 'Why do I keep losing?,' Nikander asks his co-worker, Melartin, a man Nikander met in jail and helped get a job. Can he break his losing streak? ...Shadows in Paradise (1986) ( Varjoja paratiisissa )

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Aki Kaurismaki
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Import, Subtitled, Widescreen, Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 74 minutes
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari, Mari Rantasila
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Swedish, Danish
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Shadows in Paradise (1986) ( Varjoja paratiisissa ), Shadows in Paradise (1986), Varjoja paratiisissa
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Finnish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00SCNJP1C
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ Finland
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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MarcFusion Dot Com
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, Downbeat Romance/Comedy with Fantastic Leads
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2019
This is an odd one, especially for a quasi-romance, but I loved Shadows in Paradise and found it to be a downbeat, but sharply comic slice of life with some memorable characters. The film’s focus is on those characters, so this is more of an experience than a traditional narrative, but it works quite well, keeping you reeled in the entire time. The pace is deliberate to be kind, but the slower moments aren’t filler, they help us observe the characters in their lives, which tend to be very grounded, even tedious in nature. I know some will dislike this kind of naturalistic approach, but I found it to be refreshing and even in those slower moments, the mood and characters are more than enough to hold interest. I also appreciate that Aki Kaurismaki is able to bring an almost magical texture to these ordinary lives, without sanitizing or overlooking their inherent issues as people. Nikander and Ilona aren’t idealized soulmates who finally connect, their relationship is a journey and one that takes some odd turns, but it all feels so natural and almost hypnotic at times. I really liked this one and I could easily revisit it fairly often, so for those who look for offbeat, unique cinema, give Shadows in Paradise a chance. Visit my site for a full review!
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Andres C. Salama
3.0 out of 5 stars Early Kaurismaki is worth seeing
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2007
One of Kaurismaki's earlier films, deals with many of his later themes, but without many of the later mannerisms that could be sometimes irritating, so what we had is something that is at times more fresh but also less polished than his later movies. As in many of his movies, Shadows in Paradise is an ironic (but ultimately endearing) look at the lives of Finland's working class. The late Matti Pellonpaa is a garbageman who falls in love with a supermarket cashier (a young Kati Outinen, playing a capricious, chain smoking, woman). Despite his outward macho demeanor, he's so painfully shy in front of women that it would take him half of the movie to declare his love for her. And when that happens, she's fired from the supermarket, and finds a new job in a department store. Pellonpaa then has to fight for her affection against the much richer store's owner. Worth seeing.
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Daniel S.
3.0 out of 5 stars ENJOYABLE
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2007
1986. Written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Won the Finnish Academy award in the Best Film category in 1987. Bittersweet comedy between a garbage man and a check-out assistant. As always in the films of Kaurismäki, the characters don't talk much and the musical score is a character of its own.
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