FALLEN LEAVES // KUOLLEET LEHDET

2023 | DCP | Colour | 81’ | Finnish; Turkish, English sub. | Finland, Germany

September, 16, Saturday, 20.30, Amfitiyatro

Aki Kaurismäki's twentieth full-length film Fallen Leaves is a tragicomic love story set in the Finnish director's peculiar universe. Typically workingclass, supermarket worker Ansa and construction worker Holappa coincidentally meet at a karaoke bar. Both live rather bleak lives: Ansa is fired for taking expired products home instead of disposing of them whereas Holappa is an alcoholic who can't stop drinking. But, similar to his previous films, Kaurismäki sees a glimmer of hope for the future of this couple. Despite all the difficulties the main characters have to endure, Fallen Leaves works towards a finale that will make the audience feel good. The director resorted to his trademark minimal designs, artificial lights, rock music and Finnish tango, brief and

to-the-point lines, and of course, the deadpan acting in this film, too.

Cannes 2023 | Jury Prize

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DIRECTOR

Aki Kaurismäki

CAST

Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu

SCREENPLAY

Aki Kaurismäki

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Timo Salminen

EDITING

Samu Heikkilä

ORIGINAL MUSIC

Clément Ducol

PRODUCER

Aki Kaurismäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Reinhard Brundig

PRODUCTION

Sputnik Oy, Bufo

WORLD SALES

The Match Factory

TURKEY SALES

MUBI