Award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismรคki (Ariel, Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) makes a masterful return with Fallen Leaves, a timeless, hopeful and ultimately satisfying love story about two lonely soulsโ path to happiness โ and the numerous hurdles they encounter along the way.
Set in contemporary Helsinki, and shot through with Kaurismรคkiโs typically playful, idiosyncratic style and deadpan humor, this tender romantic tragicomedy is a timely reminder of the potency of movie-going from one of cinemaโs living legends.
Two lonely people (Alma Pรถysti and Jussi Vatanen) meet each other by chance in Helsinki night and try to find the first, only, and ultimate love of their lives. Their path towards this honorable goal is clouded by the manโs alcoholism, lost phone numbers, not knowing each otherโs names or addresses, and lifeโs 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 Kaurismรคkiโs working-class trilogy. (Note multiple dates and times.)
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