Ariel (1988)
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
Top billed cast
Turo PajalaTaisto Kasurinen
Susanna HaavistoIrmeli Pihlaja
Matti PellonpääMikkonen- Eetu HilkamoRiku
- Erkki PajalaMiner
- Matti JaaranenMugger
- Hannu ViholainenAccomplice
Jorma MarkkulaTallyman- Tarja KeinänenWoman in Harbour
- Eino KuuselaMan on Beach
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