Shadows in Paradise 1986 Only connect In gray, class conscious Helsinki, Nikander is a stoic, solitary garbage man Cigarettes, coffee, bingo games, and English lessons border his circumscribed life There are few words, no smiles, and no laughter Violence and the threat of violence seem close at hand Ilona, a supermarket clerk who frequently loses her job, bandages Nikanders hand one evening later he gets her out of a jam, and they begin an on again off again relationship Why do I keep losing, Nikander asks his co worker, Melartin, a man Nikander met in jail and helped get a job Can he break his losing streak