Fallen Leaves
Straight from the Cannes Competition, the Finnish master Aki Kaurismäki’s compassionate comedy has two lonely people meet by chance and then try, in turbulent times, to find love.
Ansa (Alma Pöysti) works at badly paid supermarket job, taking home expired sandwiches to eat. Holappa (Jussi Vatanen) is a metalworker, labouring each day in a hazardous job that he is sure will kill him, and drinking day and night. Meanwhile there are reminders of the war in Ukraine and the climate crisis. Against his will, Holappa is dragged to a karaoke night, where he meets Ansa and there’s a romantic spark. Obstacles get in their way but still these two remain hopeful. With beautiful performances by Pöysti and Vatanen, Fallen Leaves is a vital and welcome addition to Kaurismäki's working-class trilogy and his mastery remains undiminished here. Shadowed by war, economic disparity and turmoil, his message is to still look for love. Films showing at this event:
Caravan Park
Revisit a short film from the year of the very first TFF by now legendary Australian director Phillip Noyce. The short has recently been restored by the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) to celebrate their own 50th birthday
Tickets
Sat 24 Feb
3:45pm
Alice Springs Cinema
- Year
- 2023
- Classification
- M
- Country
- Finland, Sweden
- Language
- In Finnish with English Subtitles
- Director
- Aki Kaurismäki
