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Paper Star

1989 · 91 min

A quiet, reflective character study that drifts between past and present, asking you to sit with regret rather than plot.

Directed by
Mika Kaurismäki
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pirkko Hämäläinen, Soli Labbart, Hannu Lauri
Overview
Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the things that went wrong.

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Directed by
Mika Kaurismäki
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pirkko Hämäläinen, Soli Labbart, Hannu Lauri
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • identity
    • isolation
    • redemption
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Mika Kaurismäki
    Written by
    Mika Kaurismäki, Antti Lindqvist
    Starring
    Pirkko Hämäläinen, Soli Labbart, Hannu Lauri, Tiina Björkman, Kari Väänänen, Matti Rasila, Minna Soisalo, Tomi Salmela
    Music
    Anssi Tikanmäki
    Cinematography
    Timo Salminen
    Runtime
    91 min
    Country
    Finland, Sweden
    Languages
    Finnish

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