Fallen Leaves (12A)

Fallen Leaves is a fated love story between two workers who can’t keep a job in Helsinki’s dwindling manual labour market.

Ansa is a shelf-stacker who is fired over pocketing an expiring sandwich and Holappa is a construction worker on the sauce. When their awkward encounter at a karaoke bar ends with a telephone number exchange, a tragically beautiful gust of wind sweeps the little piece of paper out of Holappa’s hands. If it’s fate, they’ll meet again.

Finnish maestro Aki Kaurismäki remains true to himself with this absurdist, warm-hearted melodrama.

Fallen Leaves is a tribute to Leo McCarey’s 1957 film An Affair to Remember, with a nod to Jim Jarmusch’s zombie film.

“A bittersweet cinephile romance” – Giovanni Marchini Camia, Sight and Sound.

Cert: 12A

Running time: 1hr 21mins

Language: Finnish with English Subtitles

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