The Man Without a Past

The Man Without a Past
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAki Kaurismäki
Written byAki Kaurismäki
Produced byAki Kaurismäki
Starring
CinematographyTimo Salminen
Edited byTimo Linnasalo
Music byLeevi Madetoja
Distributed byUnited International Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 1 March 2002 (2002-03-01)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish
Budget€1,206,000[2]
Box office$9,564,237

The Man Without a Past (Finnish: Mies vailla menneisyyttä) is a 2002 Finnish comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Starring Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen and Juhani Niemelä, it is the second installment in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being Drifting Clouds (1996) and Lights in the Dusk (2006). The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002 (the only Finnish film so far) and won the Grand Prix at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ Neiiendam, Jacob (29 May 2002). "The Man Without A Past has a promising future". Screen International. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Production support for Finnish films 1998-2004" (PDF) (in Finnish). Finnish Film Foundation. 6 March 2004. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  3. ^ Fauth, Jurgen. The Man Without a Past Archived 6 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, About.com. Accessed 5 February 2008.