FALLEN LEAVES
Kuolleet Lehdet, Fallende Blätter


SYNOPSIS
FALLEN LEAVES tells the story of two lonely people (Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen) 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).

DIRECTORAki Kaurismäki
YEAR2023
STATUScompleted
FESTIVALS AWARDSCannes Competition 2023

 
CASTAlma Pöysti
Jussi Vatanen
Janne Hyytiäinen
Nuppu Koivu

 
CO PRODUCTION WITHSputnik Oy
Bufo Oy (Finland)
and
YLE
in co-production with
Pandora Film (Germany)
and
ZDF/ ARTE
SUPPORTED BYFinnish Film Foundation
Filmförderungsanstalt
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
WORLD SALESThe Match Factory
GERMAN DISTRIBUTORPandora Film Verleih

 
LENGTH81 min.
FORMAT2K DCP & 35mm
1:1.85
5.1. sound
SHOOTING LOCATIONFinland
ORIGINAL LANGUAGEFinnish

 
PRODUCERSAki Kaurismäki / Sputnik
Misha Jaari & Mark Lwoff / Bufo
(producers)
Reinhard Brundig / Pandora
(co-producer)
WRITERSAki Kaurismäki
CASTING
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYTimo Salminen
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTMisha Jaari & Mark Lwoff
EDITINGSamu Heikkilä
MUSIC
SOUNDPietu Korhonen
ART DIRECTIONVille Grönroos
COSTUMESTiina Kaukanen
MAKE UP HAIRKaisa Pätilä

 
SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLEn/s
DVD VIDEO AVAILABLEn/s
LINKSwww.the-match-factory.com, www.pandorafilm.de, https://fallende-blaetter.pandora.film/