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
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