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Dominican Rep. Ariel
- Original title
- Ariel
- Year
- 1988
- Running time
- 70 min.
- Country
Finland- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Turo Pajala
- Susanna Haavisto
Matti Pellonpää- Eetu Hikamo
- Erkki Pajala
- Hannu Viholainen
- Matti Jaaranen
- Jorma Markkula
- Tarja Keinänen
- Eino Kuusela
- Kauko Laalo
- Jyrki Olsonen
Esko Nikkari- Marja Packallen
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Crime. Prison Drama. Comedy-Drama. Black Comedy
- Movie Groups
- The Proletariat Trilogy
- Synopsis
- In Kaurismäki's drolly existential crime drama, a coal miner named Taisto must find a way to live in the big city after the mine closes and his father, also a miner, commits suicide. This is the second film in Kaurismäki's "proletarian trilogy" (Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl).
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1990: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): Best Foreign Language Film.
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