Mies vailla menneisyyttä
Subtitle: The man without a past
By: Sony Pictures Classics ; Sputnik Oy ; osatuottajat YLE TV-1, Pandora Film, Pyramide Productions ; tuotantotuki Suomen elokuvasäätiö, Nordic Film and Television Fund ; käsikirjoitus, ohjaus, tuotanto, Aki Kaurismäki
Contributors: Peltola, Markku, 1956-2007, actor; Outinen, Kati, 1961- actor; Tähti, Annikki, 1929- actor; Niemelä, Juhani, actor; Pakarinen, Kaija, 1954- actor; Kuosmanen, Sakari, 1956- actor; Sputnik Oy (Firm); Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); YLE TV 1 (Television station : Helsinki, Finland); Pandora Film (Firm); Pyramide Productions (Firm); Suomen elokuvasäätiö; Nordisk Film & TV Fond (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Published: 2015
Language: fin
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Drama; Assault and battery; Man-woman relationships; Amnesia; Memory disorders; Identity (Psychology)
Other titles: Man without a past
Description: After a man is beaten and declared dead, he suddenly sits up and walks out of the hospital on his own. Determined to start his life over in a new town and unable to remember his name or anything about his past, he becomes involved with a mother and her sons. Everything seems good until his past comes back to haunt him.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.

Kuvaus, Timo Salminen ; keikkaus, Timo Linnasalo ; puvustus, Outi Harjupatana ; lavastus, Marikku Pätilä.

Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Tähti, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, Säkori Kuosmanen.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence.

DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.0.

In Finnish with English subtitles.

Cannes Film Festival, 2002: Best Actress (Kati Outinen); Grand Prize of the Jury; Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

Jussi Awards, 2003: Best Film; Best Actress (Kati Outinen); Best Cinematography; Best Direction; Best Editing; Best Script.

Seattle Film Critics Awards, 2003: Best Foreign Language Film, 2nd Place.