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Cannes Prize-winning Finnish film Fallen Leaves is about finding love in the hellscape of capitalism
10 months, 1 week ago

Cannes Prize-winning Finnish film Fallen Leaves is about finding love in the hellscape of capitalism

ABC  

The minimalistic, heartwarming oddity of a film Fallen Leaves is a rom-com unlike any other. Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki brings us the story of Ansa and Holappa, who catch each other's eyes in a karaoke bar and keep encountering one another thereafter. Every word in Kaurismäki's dry, sardonic script is meticulously and deliberately placed — there is no mindless chatter …

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‘Fallen Leaves’ movie review: Aki Kaurismäki creates a timeless Finnish romance
11 months ago

‘Fallen Leaves’ movie review: Aki Kaurismäki creates a timeless Finnish romance

The Hindu  

It is easy to blink and miss any references to the 21st century in Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film Fallen Leaves. Set entirely in Helsinki, Fallen Leaves gives very little away in the way of telling the audience exactly when Ansa and Holappa are falling in love. Fallen Leaves Director: Aki Kaurismäki Cast: Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu …

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Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen interview: On ‘Fallen Leaves’ and falling in love with Aki Kaurismäki
11 months, 1 week ago

Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen interview: On ‘Fallen Leaves’ and falling in love with Aki Kaurismäki

The Hindu  

Aki Kaurismäki’s romance film Fallen Leavessneaks up on you. This process is not as difficult as it sounds when working with Kaurismäki; according to her, it’s very easy to trust Aki and his team “because they have been doing it for such a long time!” Fallen Leaves follows Kaurismäki’s earlier films Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl, …

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Review: In ‘Fallen Leaves,’ a Finnish master returns with another deadpan dream of romance
1 year, 1 month ago

Review: In ‘Fallen Leaves,’ a Finnish master returns with another deadpan dream of romance

LA Times  

Two middle-aged women, Ansa and Liisa, have just been abruptly fired from their supermarket jobs. Such is the case in “Fallen Leaves,” which plays like a spiritual continuation to the director’s so-called Proletariat Trilogy from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. If it weren’t for brief sightings of modern technology, one could easily assume “Fallen Leaves” came from a bygone …

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Movie Review: ‘Fallen Leaves’ is deadpan nirvana
1 year, 1 month ago

Movie Review: ‘Fallen Leaves’ is deadpan nirvana

Associated Press  

In a movie year rife with grand, three-hour opuses from auteur filmmakers comes a slender 81-minute gem that outclasses them all. Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves,” short, sweet and utterly delightful, is the kind of movie that’s so charming, you want to run it back the moment it’s over. “Fallen Leaves,” Kaurismäki’s first since 2017’s “The Other Side of Hope,” is …

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