ALL THAT MATTERS IS PAST tells the story of childhood friends Janne and two brothers William and Ruud who from the moment of meeting their destinies are entwined. After many years of separation Janne runs in to William. Shocked to see him after all this time the pair realise that the connection they had as children is still as strong as ever rekindling feelings of love and lust. Entranced by William and the depth of feeling she has for him Janne ends up leaving her family and they both leave to live together in a cabin by the river. But soon they realise Ruud is haunting them again. One day a canoeist discovers Janne in the forest she is extremely weak and injured but not alone. Two dead bodies lie beside her.
Based on a true story, in Sweden in the early 1900s in a time of social change and unrest, of war and poverty, Maria, a young working class woman, wins a camera in a lottery and decides to keep it, a decision which alters her whole life.
Concluding cult filmmakers Aki Kaurismaki's 'loser trilogy' that began with Drifting Clouds and The Man Without A Past this film is a black comic cautionary tale of loneliness and exploitation. Janne Hyytiainen plays Koistinen a shy and awkward night watchman shunned by his colleagues and whose well meaning actions are foiled at every turn. His luck seems to change when he meets the glamorous blonde Mirja (Maria Jarvenhelmi) but too late finds himself helplessly embr
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