Filme

FALLEN LEAVES

Film Info

Finnland 2023 | 81 min. Regie: Aki Kaurismäki

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FALLEN LEAVES

Synopsis

FALLEN LEAVES tells the story of two lonely people who meet each other by chance in the Helsinki night and try to find the first, only, and ultimate love of their lives. Their path towards this honourable goal is clouded by the man's alcoholism, lost phone numbers, not knowing each other's names or addresses, and life's general tendency to place obstacles in the way of those seeking their happiness.

This gentle tragicomedy, previously thought to be lost, is the fourth part of Aki Kaurismäki's working-class trilogy (Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl).

Cast & Crew

Regie

Aki Kaurismäki
Produzent

Aki Kaurismäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Reinhard Brundig
Drehbuch

Aki Kaurismäki
Kamera

Timo Salminen
Hauptdarsteller/in

Alma Pöysti (Ansa), Jussi Vatanen (Holappa)
Schnitt

Samu Heikkilä
Ton

Pietu Korhorhonen
Musik

Kaisa Pätilä
Szenenbild

Ville Grönroos
Kostüm

Tiina Kaukanen

Statement Regisseur

Although I have so far made my questionable reputation by making mainly irrelevant violent films, I finally decided, tormented by all the senseless, unnecessary and criminal wars, to write a story about the themes through which humanity might have a future: the longing for love, solidarity, hope, and respect for other people, nature and anything living or dead. With the precondition that the subject deserves it.

In this film, I casually tip my too-small hat to my household gods Bresson, Ozu and Chaplin, but I am still solely responsible for this catastrophic failure.