The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
Kati Outinen
as Ilona
Kari Väänänen
as Lauri
Elina Salo
as Mrs. Sjöholm
Sakari Kuosmanen
as Melartin
Markku Peltola
as Lajunen
Matti Onnismaa
as Forsström
Shelley Fisher
as Pianist
Markus Allan
as Orchestra Member
Pauli Granfelt
as Orchestra Member
Kari Lindqvist
as Orchestra Member
CRCulver
The Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki has made several films about the "little people" in society, hardworking folk who have a spot of bad luck and risk being overlooked by the state bureaucracy and business development schemes that are ostensibly there to help them. KAUAS PILVET KARKAAVAT from 1996 (...