Fallen Leaves
Singapore Premiere
Aki KAURISMÄKI Finland 2023 81 min PG13 (Some Coarse Language and Violence)
The Finnish deadpan master returns with a deft comedy of two lonely souls who might make first love work between them.
By day, Ansa is an exploited retail worker. Her nights are no better: she comes home to a radio that brings only news of the Ukraine invasion. Things start to look up when she meets sincere metalworker Holappa, though his stubborn alcoholism proves to be an obstacle.
In Kaurismäki’s signature wry style, this world still holds its working class in laughably minor regard, cities are frosty, and interactions bone-dry as always. But beneath the ice is a longing for meaningful connections to beat the isolation. Filled with the charm of foot-tapping music, cinematic echoes and gentle affection, Fallen Leaves is most precious when it becomes a force of solidarity: even if it may not start a revolution, it could move a dormant heart.
4 Dec, Mon 4:00PM / 81 min
Oldham Theatre
10 Dec, Sun 6:30PM / 81 min
Oldham Theatre
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Fallen Leaves
Kuolleet Lehdet
Aki KAURISMÄKI
Finland
2023
Finnish
English
81 min
PG13 (Some Coarse Language and Violence)
Singapore Premiere
Aki KAURISMÄKI
Finnish director Aki KAURISMÄKI is renowned for his humanistic films, along with a singularly droll and unromantic view of Helsinki. His films are a frequent mainstay at festivals like Cannes, where he won the Grand Prix for The Man Without a Past (2002). Fallen Leaves (2023), his 20th feature, took home the FIPRESCI Grand Prix at the same festival.
Alma PÖYSTI
Jussi VATANEN
Aki KAURISMÄKI
Misha JAARI
Mark LWOFF
Aki KAURISMÄKI
CONTACT
Finnish Film Foundation
