L'Homme sans passé

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Nominated for an Academy Award (2003 Best Foreign Language Film), this second installation of acclaimed Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki's Finland Trilogy is a comic drama that's both totally unique and completely irresistible. When a laborer (Markku Peltola) arrives in Helsinki in search of a job, he gets a brutal surprise beating in a local park by a group of thugs instead. He miraculously survives, but amnesia prevents him from remembering anything, including his name. Soon, a Salvation Army worker (2002 Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award Winner Kati Outinen) develops a shy interest in him, and a sweet, natural romance begins between the two. But just as teh man's life begins to make sense again, his past suddenly returns to haunt him. ----- Après avoir été sauvagement battu et laissé pour mort, un homme se réveille, amnésique. Il s'installe dans un vieux conteneur, avec l'aide de l'Armée du salut, et entreprend de renaître à la vie. Un jour, il est témoin d'un hold-up...

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