---
title: 'Drifting Clouds (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aki Kaurismäki'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/drifting-clouds-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116752/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Drifting Clouds (1996)

1996 · 96 min · Drama, Comedy · Germany, France, Finland

Original title: Kauas pilvet karkaavat
Part of: Finland trilogy

## Synopsis

Drifting Clouds is a 1996 Finnish comedy drama film edited, written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen and Markku Peltola. The film is the first in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being The Man Without a Past and Lights in the Dusk.

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Director:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Screenplay:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Producer:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Timo Salminen](https://cinepixo.com/people/timo-salminen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Timo Salminen](https://cinepixo.com/people/timo-salminen)

## Cast

- [Peter von Bagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-von-bagh)
- [Aarre Karén](https://cinepixo.com/people/aarre-karen)
- [Yrjö Järvinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/yrjo-jarvinen)
- [Kari Väänänen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-vaananen)
- [Kaija Pakarinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaija-pakarinen)
- [Arvi Lind](https://cinepixo.com/people/arvi-lind)
- [Rose-Marie Precht](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-marie-precht)
- [Tero Jartti](https://cinepixo.com/people/tero-jartti)
- [Kati Outinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kati-outinen)
- [Markus Allan](https://cinepixo.com/people/markus-allan)
- [Silu Seppälä](https://cinepixo.com/people/silu-seppala)
- [Jaakko Talaskivi](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaakko-talaskivi)
- [Markku Peltola](https://cinepixo.com/people/markku-peltola)
- [Mato Valtonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mato-valtonen)
- [Ona Kamu](https://cinepixo.com/people/ona-kamu)

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