Aki Kaurismäki working on his next film "Toivon tuolla puolen" 24.08.2016

Aki Kaurismäki working on his next film "Toivon tuolla puolen" 24.08.2016 in Helsinki.

 Sakari Kuosmanen.

 More pictures here.

 

Visiting Filming Locations of "Varjoja paratiisissa" (Shadows in Paradise) (1986) in Helsinki, Finland

Written and Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by Mika Kaurismäki
Starring Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen and Sakari Kuosmanen

Finnish art house comedy-drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The film stars Kati Outinen as Ilona and Matti Pellonpää as Nikander. Ilona is a supermarket check-out clerk who meets Nikander, a lonely garbage man, and they develop romantic feelings towards each other. Both of them are extremely shy so this hinders fast development of their relationship.

Shadows in Paradise was awarded the Best Film award at the 1987 Jussi Awards.

This is the first film in Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy (Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl). -Wikipedia

Visiting Filming Locations of "Kauas pilvet karkaavat" (Drifting Clouds) (1996) in Helsinki, Finland

Written, directed and produced by Aki Kaurismäki.

Starring Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Sakari Kuosmanen and Elina Salo.

The film is the first in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy,

the other 2 films being The Man Without a Past and Lights in the Dusk.

The role of Ilona was originally wrote for Matti Pellonpää,

but Pellonpää passed away before the production of the film.

The film was shot in Helsinki, Finland 1995.

Ilona (Kati Outinen) works at restaurant Dubrovnik. Yrjönkatu 7

Ilona waits her husband Lauri (Kari Väänänen) at Bulevardi 25.

Ilona and Lauri's apartment on Meritullinkatu 25.

The new owners of the restaurant are coming from Bulevardi.

Kruununhaankatu 4

Lauri is doing crosswords in Tehtaanpuisto.

Ilona is looking for a job. Tehtaankatu 38.

Ilona gets a job from bar on Tehtaankatu 27.

Ilona meets Melartin (Sakari Kuosmanen) front of a bar on Mariankatu 19.

Another bar is Kafe Mocba.

Ilona signs papers for the new restaurant. Tehtaankatu 25.

Ravintola Työ. Tehtaankatu 25.