Aki Kaurismäki has directed numerous films focusing on ordinary people struggling against societal forces—those who risk being ignored by government programs and business initiatives intended to assist them. KAUAS PILVET KARKAAVAT, made in 1996 and known as "Drifting Clouds" elsewhere, tells one such story of hardship. Ilona (played by Kati Outinen) and Lauri (Kari Väänänen) are a content married couple until Lauri l…