Want to behold the glory that is 'Ariel' in the comfort of your own home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Aki Kaurismäki-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.
We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Ariel' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Ariel' right now, here are some finer points about the Villealfa Filmproductions drama flick.
Released August 10th, 1989, 'Ariel' stars Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää, Eetu Hilkamo The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 13 min, and received a user score of 71 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 335 respected users.
Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "After the coal mine he works at closes and his father commits suicide, a Finnish man leaves for the city to make a living but there, he is framed and imprisoned for various crimes."
'Ariel' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Criterion Channel .
Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy
The poignant, deadpan films of Aki Kaurismäki are pitched somewhere in the wintry nether lands between comedy and tragedy. And rarely in his body of work has the line separating those genres seemed thinner than in what is often identified as his "Proletariat Trilogy," Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl. In these three films, something like social-realist farces, Kaurismäki surveys the working-class outcasts of his native Finland with detached yet disarming amusement. Featuring commanding, off-key visual compositions and delightfully dour performances, the films in this triptych exemplify the talents of a unique and highly influential film artist.
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