FALLEN LEAVES

Film Info

Finland 2023 | 81 min. Director: 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

Director

Aki Kaurismäki
Producer

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

Aki Kaurismäki
Director of photography

Timo Salminen
Main Cast

Alma Pöysti (Ansa), Jussi Vatanen (Holappa)
Editor (Cut)

Samu Heikkilä
Sound

Pietu Korhorhonen
Original Score

Kaisa Pätilä
Production Design

Ville Grönroos
Costume Design

Tiina Kaukanen

Director's comment

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.