Information: - Shadows in Paradise ( Finnish : Varjoja paratiisissa ) is a 1986 Finnish art house comedy - drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismaki . The film stars Kati Outinen as Ilona and Matti Pellonpaa 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 Kaurismaki 's Proletariat Trilogy ( Shadows in Paradise , Ariel , and The Match Factory Girl ) . The trilogy has been released on Region One DVD by Criterion , in their Eclipse box - sets , and on region - free Blu - ray discs by Future Film in Scandinavia . - Matti Pellonpaa (28 March 1951 in Helsinki 13 July 1995 in Vaasa) was a Finnish actor and a musician. He rose to international fame with his roles in both Aki Kaurismaki's and Mika Kaurismaki's films; particularly being a regular in Aki's films, appearing in 18 of them. - Anna Katriina "Kati" Outinen (born 17 August 1961) is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismaki's films. - Aki Olavi Kaurismaki (born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish screenwriter and film director. - A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. Generally, a film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and the creative aspects of filmmaking. Under European Union law, the director is viewed as the author of the film. Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'producer' with the subject 'shadows in paradise'. Choices: - aki kaurismaki - european union - mika kaurismaki
The answer to this question is:
mika kaurismaki